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B.A. (Dayanidhi Maharaja Degree Science College, Odisha);

M.A. (91探花);

Ph.D. (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

Dr. Manoj Kumar Panigrahi

Associate Professor

Email mkpanigrahi@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-4127-5276
Key Expertise Taiwan Studies, Cross-strait Relations, East Asia, Conflict Studies

B.A. (Dayanidhi Maharaja Degree Science College, Odisha);

M.A. (91探花);

Ph.D. (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

Biography

Dr. Manoj Kumar Panigrahi is currently an Assistant Professor and co-Director of the Centre for Northeast Asia Studies, in Jindal School of International Affairs at 91探花. He is also a Non-Residential Research Fellow at Taiwan NextGen Foundation, Taipei. 

He teaches courses on Taiwanese History and Politics, Cross-strait relations between Taiwan and China, East Asian Politics, Asia-Pacific Regional Development, and Peace-making in Ethnic Conflicts. His recent publication includes a monograph published in titled, “Taiwan-China Conundrum: What Can be India’s Policy Trajectories?” (October 2023) and a co-edited book titled, “Drifts and Dynamics: Russia’s Ukraine War and Northeast Asia” (August 2022). He regularly contribute articles in national and international media. 

In 2024, he was selected as a SUSI Fellow by the USA State Department to study US Foreign Policy. He has also received the Best Scholarship Recipient Student award from Taiwan's Ministry of Education Scholarship (2016-2020) because of his passion for sharing Indian culture at the grassroots level in over 100 schools delivering more than 300 lectures during his Doctoral studies.

Elective: Cross-strait Relations between Taiwan and China

Elective: Taiwan: History, Culture, and Politics

Elective: Politics of East Asia

Elective: Asia-Pacific Regional Development

Core: Conflict Management and Peacemaking

Core: Introduction to International Relations Theory 

Best Scholarship Student Award (2016-2020), Ministry of Education, Taiwan

Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSI) Fellowship on U.S. Foreign Policy, sponsored by the U.S. State Department, 2024

Panigrahi, M.K. (2025). India as a Middle Power. In Kassab, Hanna Samir and Ghosn, Natalie Ann, Non-Western Middle Powers in the Multipolar Order. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781041052265

Panigrahi, M.K. (2024). Impact of the Cross-strait Relations Tensions on Global South: The Case of China and Taiwan. In Adam, Hebatallah and Rena, Ravinder, Polycrisis and Economic Development in the Global South. New Delhi: Routledge. ISBN 9781032694320 (Forthcoming-November 2024).

Lecture delivered at Centre for Contemporary China Studies (CCCS), New Delhi on 鈥淚ndia-Taiwan Similarities and Differences鈥 on 18 April 2024.

Joined as a chair and discussant at 鈥2024 Indo Pacific League鈥 conducted by Asia-Pacific University, Japan on 20 April 2024.

Speaker at the 鈥淚X Foreign Policy Seminar: INDIA鈥 conducted by Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Cantoblanco Campus, Madrid, Spain, 14 February 2024. [Online].

Participated at the 7th Indian Ocean Conference at Perth, Australia organized by the India Foundation, New Delhi and Perth US-Asia Center on 9-10 February, 2024.

Published an op-ed titled 鈥淲hat India鈥檚 Election Results Means鈥 in Taipei Times on 7 June 2024.

Published a commentary 鈥淭roubled Waters鈥 in the Philippines Daily Inquirer on 25 January 2024.

Published an article on, Taiwan鈥檚 2024 Presidential Election, in the United Service Institution of India, New Delhi, on 22 May 2024.

Quoted in Central News Agency, 鈥淚ndian General Elections. Can Taiwan-India relations take it to a higher level? on 5 June 2024. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202406050021.aspx

Quoted in Central News Agency, 鈥淲hether to support Taiwan to participate in WHA India: Looking forward to promoting cultural, economic and trade exchanges鈥 on 10 May 2024. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202405100055.aspx

Quoted in Central News Agency, 鈥淧residential election comes to an end, Indian scholars: Taiwan-India economic and trade education exchanges come first鈥 on 14 January 2024 https://www.cna.com.tw/news/aipl/202401140140.aspx?utm_medium=app&utm_source=cna.app&utm_campaign=inapp_share

Quoted in The Print, 鈥淧ro-independence, pro-China or centrist 鈥 Taiwan poll players & how they may impact global politics鈥 on 13 January 2024. https://theprint.in/world/pro-independence-pro-china-or-centrist-taiwan-poll-players-how-they-may-impact-global-politics/1922206/

Quoted in Jagran News, 鈥淧residential Elections in Taiwan on Saturday, results may impact US-China tensions, but might benefit India鈥 on 12 January 2024. https://www.jagran.com/news/national-taiwan-president-election-2024-election-results-likely-to-increase-tension-between-america-and-china-india-will-benefit-jprime-23627730.html

Joined a panel discussion on 鈥淭aiwan Presidential and Legislative Yuan Elections: Outcomes and Challenges鈥, conducted by the Institute of Chinese Studies on 14 February 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3c6zsJAg0o&t=1s

Joined a panel discussion on 鈥淒id China Just Lose Taiwan | Chinese Reaction on Taiwan Elections鈥 on YouTube channel of DEF-TALKS by Aadi on 18 January 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwbIeClffo0

Published an article on, Getting acquainted with Taiwan鈥檚 2024 presidential election candidates, in the Observer Research Foundation, on 8 August 2023.

Panigrahi, M.K. (2023). India-Taiwan Relations: Under the Shadow of China. In Gill, Don Mclain and Kumar, K.V., The Elephant鈥檚 Rise in the East (pp. 78-94). New Delhi: Adroit Publishers. ISBN 13: 978-8195654239

Panigrahi, M.K. (2023). India-Taiwan Ties: An Evolving Relationship. In Kishor, Nanda and Vaidyaraj, Prashanth, Reimagining India: In the Geopolitics of the 21st Century (pp. 229-233). Bengaluru: Vishwa Samvada Kendra. ISBN: 978-81-955958-1-5

Panigrahi, M.K. (2023). Taiwan-China Conundrum: What Can be India鈥檚 Policy Trajectories? India Foundation, New Delhi

Participant at a Panel Discussion on 鈥淐harting Sovereignty and Sovereign Rights: Cartographic Artefacts from the South China Sea Arbitration鈥 conducted by the Embassy of the Philippines on 19 December 2023.

Podcast recorded on 鈥淗ow do Taiwanese people view Indians and India? on 27 November 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1ImKa9ea2A&t=2669s

Lecture delivered at Faculty of Politics at University of Warsaw, on the topic, 鈥淔uture of Taiwan and Cross-Strait Relations鈥, on 22nd November 2023.

Lecture delivered at World Religion Class, University of St. Francis (Hanoi Campus), Vietnam on 鈥淚ndian Religion鈥 on 30th October 2023.

Panelist at a joint seminar, 鈥淚ndia and South Korea in the Age of Indo-Pacific: Why Minilateralism Matters?鈥 organized by Centre for Airpower Studies-India-Institute for Security & Development Policy, Sweden on 25 August 2023.

Speaker at the First Bilateral Workshop conducted by Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and National Science and Technology Council, New Delhi, India, 11-12 December 2023.

Speaker at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland on the topic 鈥淚nternationalization of JGU鈥, conducted by Adam Mickiewicz International Compass, Poland, 17-18 November 2023.

Facilitator at the International Postgraduate Students Conference (IPGSC) 2023 under the theme, 鈥淚nternational Relations in the Anthropocene鈥, conducted by Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia, 4-5 October 2023.

鈥淓volving India-Taiwan Ties: Hits and Misses鈥, conducted by Centre for India Studies, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 27 March 2023.

鈥淚ndia-Taiwan Evolving Ties鈥, jointly conducted by 91探花, National Chengchi University, Taiwan and National Technological University, Singapore, 17 March 2023.

Published a commentary 鈥淚nternationalization of Cross-strait Relations鈥 in the Philippines Daily Inquirer on 25 May 2023.

Published an article on, President Lai Ching-te鈥檚 inaugural speech: Implications for Cross-Strait relations, in the Observer Research Foundation, on 12 June 2023.

Published an article on, Racism or Cognitive Warfare: Speed Breakers in India-Taiwan Relations, in the Commonwealth Magazine, on 4 December 2023.

Published an article on, Cross-Strait Status: Foreseeing Challenges for the U.S. Foreign Policy, in the Institute for Security & Development Policy, on 7 March 2023.

Published an article on, Taiwan鈥檚 2022 Local Elections: What Lies Ahead? in the Observer Research Foundation, on 30 January 2023.

Quoted in Australian Financial Review, 鈥淭im Cook Courts India as Apple speeds up China Shift鈥 on 19 April 2023. https://www.afr.com/world/asia/apple-ceo-courts-india-as-tech-giant-accelerates-china-shift-20230418-p5d1g9

Joined a panel discussion on 鈥淭aiwan Factor: India鈥檚 Dilemma of Pivoting Towards China or the U.S.鈥 by Taiwan Plus on 18 April 2023. https://www.taiwanplus.com/originals/taiwan-talks/230418007/taiwan-factor-indias-dilemma-of-pivoting-towards-china-or-the-us

Panigrahi, M.K. (2022). Can China Emulate Russian Aggression in Taiwan? In Pathak and Panigrahi, Drifts and Dynamics: Russia鈥檚 Ukraine War and Northeast Asia (pp. 23-42). New Delhi: Pentagon Press LLP. ISBN: 978-93-90095-64-3

Moderated a session on, 鈥淭raditional & Non-Traditional Security Studies鈥 in an International Seminar on the theme of, 鈥淚ndia-Taiwan in the Indo-Pacific鈥 on 12 November 2022 at 91探花

Lecture delivered at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, on the topic, 鈥淐ross-Strait Relations and their Paradigms鈥 on 20 December 2022.

Lecture delivered at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow, Indore on, 鈥淐hina-Taiwan Crisis: Implications for India鈥 on 12 December 2022.

Podcast for the Centre for New Economic Studies on, 鈥樷楧rifts and Dynamics: Russia鈥檚 Ukraine War and Northeast Asia鈥, published on 11 November 2022.

Panelist at the discussion, 鈥淚ndia鈥檚 Historic Taiwan Move鈥 organized by Citti media on 12 October 2022.

Podcast for the Indo-Pacific Circle on, 鈥淒rifts and Dynamics: Russia鈥檚 Ukraine War and Northeast Asia鈥, published on 8 September 2022.

Lecture delivered at the Foreign Policy Research Institute on, 鈥淚ndia-Taiwan Relations鈥, on 29 August 2022.

Lecture delivered at the Centre for Land Air and War Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi on, 鈥淭he Taiwan Conundrum in U.S.-China Relations and Implications for India鈥 on 28 August 2022.

鈥淛GU鈥檚 Experience with MOOC鈥, conducted by Ministry of Education and National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, 17 December 2022. [Online].

鈥淚ndia鈥檚 Evolving Position in the Turbulent Cross-Strait Relations鈥, organized by Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland, 6-7 December 2022. [Online].

鈥淛apan鈥檚 Foreign Policy Response towards Regional Dispute: A Case of Taiwan-China issue鈥, at Beppu, Oita, Japan, organized by Ritsumeikan Asia-Pacific University, 2-4 December 2022.

鈥淚ndia鈥檚 Digitization: Hits and Misses鈥, organized by Al-Azhar University, Indonesia, 25 October 2022. [Online]

Published an article titled 鈥淭he Dragon Setting its Sails鈥 in the Defence and Security Alert, Volume 13, Issue 11, August 2022.

Published an article on, 鈥淭aiwan Local Elections: A Message to Self and the World鈥, in The Pulse, on 4 December 2022.

Published an article on, 鈥淭aiwan Studies: An Experience from India鈥, for Taiwan Insight (World鈥檚 largest English platform for Taiwan Studies), University of Nottingham, on 4 August 2022.

Published an article titled 鈥淒ecoding China鈥檚 Contentious Territorial Claims in the Far East鈥 in The Pulse on August 4, 2022.

Published an article titled 鈥淭aiwan Studies: An Experience from India鈥 in Taiwan Insight on August 4, 2022.

Mentioned in the local newspaper Jagran City Sonipat with titled, 鈥淓xperts arrived to check the organically grown Guavas鈥 on 22 November 2022.

Quoted in South China Morning Post, 鈥淚ndia, Australia 鈥榓gree to disagree鈥 on Ukraine war but Quad united in desire to counter China in Indo-Pacific: analysts鈥 on 14 October 2022. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3196031/india-australia-agree-disagree-ukraine-war-quad-united-desire?fbclid=IwAR3lCIRhAm_NvGYYCwRBtu5tZe97R_QkzBOtD2E-gNcShToXObj9j8nvnyU

Recognition by the Taiwan鈥檚 Foundation for International Cooperation in Higher Education of Taiwan, Ministry of Education on 25 August 2022. https://www.fichet.org.tw/en/what_we_do/outstanding/case/78?fbclid=IwAR0xH0UaQE7vw0IHbGQ3UxMSUfmL_1K-g3NAEA2mB9zzqW3BqmV1NkDZL2s

Got recognized by the Taiwan鈥檚 National Media, Central News Agency on the elective course offered titled, 鈥淭aiwan: History and Culture鈥 on 21 March 2022. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202203210255.aspx?fbclid=IwAR3L1oal843qynw67HQwpl69Y-k_ogrG43b176rBTJL2Uc6J9U_6ykjzGBw

Quoted in South China Morning Post, 鈥淎s Russia wages war on Ukraine, how long can India stay above the fray? on 13 March 2022. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3170228/russia-wages-war-ukraine-how-long-can-india-stay-above-fray?fbclid=IwAR1T5cC0mlvFKu8kkYW7BhZ0qS_efy5oeqPNRr6aUNSv0YtJFX_vlEHXLnw

Joined a panel discussion on 鈥淏eijing City Lockdown鈥 by NewsX on 22 May 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Vv8WRtR08&feature=youtu.be

Research Paper - Role of Public Diplomacy in Strengthening Asian Cooperation: The Case of South Korea鈥檚 New Southern Policy and Taiwan鈥檚 New Southbound Policy in India (March 2020-December 2021)

Participant at a lecture on 鈥淧ost COVID-19 International Order and Peace on the Korean Peninsula鈥 in collaboration with the Korea Institute for National Unification and the Embassy of the Republic of Korea in New Delhi, on November 4, 2021.

Published an op-ed titled 鈥淕ive Taiwan鈥檚 Foreign policy a jab鈥 in Taipei Times on 25 August 2021.

Published an op-ed titled 鈥淟ook beyond the U.S. for ties on space鈥 in Taipei Times on 26 March 2021.

Published an op-ed titled 鈥淭aiwan must build Cultural Literacy鈥 in Taipei Times on 31 January 2021.

Published an article titled 鈥淪ports as a tool of engagement with Taiwan鈥 in Chintan, India Foundation on 9 June, 2021.

Quoted in South China Morning Post, G7 support a boost to Taiwan鈥檚 importance but could threaten its security鈥 on 19 June 2021. https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3137950/g7-support-boost-taiwans-importance-could-threaten-its-security?fbclid=IwAR2kYqux-cn-ADzy6zJIZg_HVHSXSRNPYGhIkkR2ZeA2ucfD9rp3yiDcMWc

Panelist at a Roundtable Discussion on 鈥淩ethinking India鈥檚 Taiwan Policy: Prospects for deepening Indo-Taiwan Cooperation鈥 on 21 May 2021.

Published a book review titled 鈥淗ow Negotiations End?鈥. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 359 pages. Edited by I. W. Zartman (2019) to Asian Politics & Policy, University of the Philippines Diliman, July 2020, pg. 491-493, Volume 12, Issue 3.

Research Paper - Japan鈥檚 Role in Cross-Strait Relations between Taiwan and China under Shinzo Abe鈥檚 Second Term (2012-2020)

Published an article titled 鈥淭aiwan鈥檚 Southbound Policy: Relations with India during COVID-19 pandemic鈥 for Centre for Studies on South Asia and the Middle East, National Chung Hsing University on November 22, 2020.

Published an article titled 鈥淯.S Foreign Aid Giving to the Philippines in the time of Pandemic鈥 in Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies at Mahidol University on July 17, 2020, online at shapesea.com

Published an article titled 鈥淎 Cross-cultural Taste of India鈥 in February 2019 issue of Centered on Taipei magazine, Volume 19, No. 5.

鈥淢ediators and Peacemaking: Case of MNLF and ULFA鈥, organized by the Philippine International Study Organization at Ateneo de Davao, Davao, the Philippines, on 23-24 March 2018.

Published an article titled 鈥淚ndia Looks East鈥 in August 2018 at Strategic Vision for Taiwan Security, Volume 7, Issue 39, ISSN: 22273646.

鈥淩ole of Mediators: Case of MNLF and ULFA鈥, at Taipei, Taiwan organized by WISC on 1-3 April 2017.
Email mkpanigrahi@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-4127-5276
Key Expertise Taiwan Studies, Cross-strait Relations, East Asia, Conflict Studies