Dr. Anand V.

Dr. Anand V. is an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Institute of Social Sciences Humanities and Arts, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Manipal, India) from where he had completed both his Ph.D. and Masters in Geopolitics and International Relations. He is also Coordinator of the China Study Centre. Dr. Anand teaches subjects related to the theoretical and well as the science and technology dimensions of geopolitics at the Masters level, and also guides Ph.D. scholars. His areas of research include China’s strategic culture and capabilities; China's geostrategic approaches to various regions as well as the politics and security of technological domains like outer space. Dr. Anand’s doctoral thesis was on China’s Strategic Culture, and involved field visit to China. He is also an alumni of the US Department of State’s distinguished International Visitor Leadership Programme, wherein he visited the US for a month-long project related to the Indo-Pacific.