BIMSTEC

Adluri Subramanyam Raju is Dean of International Relations; Professor and the head of UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation (UMISARC) and Centre for South Asian Studies; Coordinator of the UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh Chair and UGC Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University, India. He was recipient of the Mahbub Ul Haq Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies [RCSS], Colombo, 2003), Scholar of Peace Award (WISCOMP, New Delhi, 2002) and Kodikara Award (RCSS, Colombo, 1998). He was Salzburg Seminar Fellow (2006). He received the National Best Teacher Award (C.V.S. Krishnamurthy Theja Charities, Tirupati, 2017) and Best Teacher Award twice (Pondicherry University, 2013 and 2018). He was Visiting Fellow at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, May 2012. He was a member of the Third Task Force on Blue Economy, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), New Delhi. He is an Honorary Adjunct Fellow at National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi. He is on the editorial board for seven journals. He published 52 articles and 25 books (including edited volumes).Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury, is Senior Fellow with the Neighbourhood Initiative of Observer Research Foundation, Kolkata Chapter. She is the coordinator of the research project, "Proximity to Connectivity." She specialises in South Asia, refugees, forced migration and women in conflict zones. She is the recipient of the Public Service Broadcasting Trust Senior Media Fellowship (2007), and the Kodikara Award from the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, in 1998–1999. Anasua was also ICSSR Post-Doctoral Fellow (2004–2006) at the Centre for the Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi, and Visiting Fellow at the Maison des Sciences de I’Homme, Paris. Her recent publications include India–Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity (co-edited, 2020), Connecting Nations: India and Southeast Asia (co-edited, 2019), State of Being Stateless (co-edited, 2015) and Women in Indian Borderlands (co-edited, 2011).

• IntroductionAdluri Subramanyam Raju & Anasua Basu Ray ChaudhuryPart-1: BIMSTEC: Background1. BIMSTEC: Beyond Nationalism and National InterestR. SrinivasanPart-2: BIMSTEC as a Sub Regional Grouping: Member Countries’ Perspectives2. India’s Approach towards BIMSTEC: A new hope for regional economic cooperationNaresh Subba3. Strengthening Strategic Convergences within BIMSTEC: A case study of India-Thailand CooperationRitika V. Kapoor4. Myanmar’s role in BIMSTEC: Assessing Prospects and ChallengesSreeparna Banerjee5. Myanmar Media, State Prerogatives and the BIMSTEC NarrativeSoe Myint6. India’s Role in BIMSTEC through Transport Connectivity and TourismUdita Banerjee7. BIMSTEC and its Relevance to the Land-locked CountriesPurushottam Ojha8. BIMSTEC: A Gateway for BhutanSita Chamlagai9. Gazing at the BIMSTEC through the pandemics: A view from BangladeshAmena Mohsin & Mohammad Atique Rahman10. Punching above the Weight?: Role of Sri Lanka in BIMSTECN. Manoharan Part-3: Cooperation in the Field of Disaster Management11. Managing Natural Disasters: BIMSTEC CooperationP.V. Rao12. HADR across the Bay: Evaluation of India’s role in BIMSTECSohini Bose13. BIMSTEC: Disaster Management as a tool for Regional CooperationRashmi B. R.14. Bay of Bengal: Situating Post-Colonial Imagination and Climate ChangeUdayan Das