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Name

Amitabh Mattoo

Occupation

Academic, Public intellectual, Strategic thinker, Author, Columnist

Birth Date

26 June 1962

Place of Birth

Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India

Amitabh Mattoo Biography

Professor Amitabh Mattoo, D.Phil.(Oxon.), Padma Shri

Dean, School of International Studies(SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi
Chair and Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organization & Disarmament, SIS, JNU
Honorary Professorial Fellow, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne.

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Board of Directors, Australia Institute, University of Melbourne
Deputy Chair, Academic Advisory Board, German Institute for Global and Area Studies
Executive Committee & Governing Council, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs

Other Positions held Concurrently

  • Member, Eminent Panel of the India Consensus – a prestigious new partnership between the Tata Trusts and the Copenhagen Consensus Center, co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • Chairman, Committee to Improve Learning Outcomes in Government School, Jammu and Kashmir (since February 2018)
  • Member of Governing Council, Delhi School of Transnational Affairs (since January 2018)
  • Chairman, Kirorimal College, Governing Body (since 2016)
  • Member, The Lancet Commission on the Health and Well Being of Young People (since 2013).
  • Member of the Executive Committee (since 2013) and Governing Council (since 2008), Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1995).
  • Co-Chair (with Ambassador Sherry Rehman) of the Chaophraya Track II Dialogue between India and Pakistan (since 2009). Funded by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
  • Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi (since 2013).
  • Member, Institute of Public Administration Australia’s High Level Advisory Committee on Broadening Public Sector Engagement with Asia (since 2013).
  • President, Indian Association for International Studies (IAIS) (since 2010).
  • Member, Governing Council, Indian Council for Social Science Research (since 2010).
  • Member, Academic Council, Vishwabharti University (founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore), Shantiniketan (since 2011).

 

    • Member, Editorial Board: International Studies (since 2009); Strategic Analyses (since 2008); India Quarterly (since 2009).
    • Member, International Editorial Board, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region (since 2013).
    • Chairman, Kirorimal College, Governing Body
    • Chairman, Committee to Improve Learning Outcomes in Government School
    • Member of Governing Council, Delhi School of Transnational Affairs

Past Positions Held

    • Mal Smith Asian Fellow, Ormund College, University of Melbourne (2013).
    • Vice-Chancellor, University of Jammu (2002-2008).
    • Vice Chancellor, Shri Mata Vaishnov Devi University of Science and Technology (2004, as an additional charge).
    • Member, National Knowledge Commission to the Prime Minister of India (2008-2009).
    • Member of the Indian Prime Minister’s High Level Group on Nuclear Disarmament (2010-2011).
    • Chair, Programme Committee (and Member of the Governing Body and Council), Indian Council for World Affairs, New Delhi (2010-2011).
    • Member, Research Committee, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi (2009-2011).
    • Member, Executive Council, Central University of Karnataka (2009-2012).
    • Director, India-Afghanistan Foundation (2007-2010).
    • Member, Prime Minister’s Task Force on Global Strategic Developments (2005-2006).
    • Member, Governing Council, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi (2003-2005).
    • Member, Standing Committee, Association of Indian Universities (2004-2006).
    • Member National Security Council’s Advisory Board, Government of India ( 2001-2003).
    • Member, Executive Council, University of Kashmir (2002-2008).
    • Visiting Professor, Foundation Maison des sciences de l’homme, Paris (May-June 2001).
    • Chairperson, Centre for the Study of International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (1999-2001).
    • Member, Committee for Advanced Studies and Research, SIS, JNU (1999-2001).
    • Visiting Professor, Centre for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, 1999.
    • Visiting Professor, Programme in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1996.
    • Associate Professor of International Studies , Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1995-2001.
    • Visiting Professor, Joan. B. Kroc International Institute of Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame, 1994.
    • Assistant Editor, The Telegraph, 1994-1995.
    • Assistant Editor, The Independent, 1992-1995.

 

  • Brockhues Scholar, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, 1991-1992.
  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholar, St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, 1988-1991.

Academic Qualifications

    • 1988-1992: Doctor of Philosophy in International Relations, St. Edmund Hall, University of Oxford. Title of thesis: The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: A Study of its re-emergence, Growth and Decline in the 1980s.
    • 1987: International Course in Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
    • 1984-1986: M.Phil. in Disarmament Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

 

  • 1982-1984: M.A. in International Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
  • 1979-1982: B.A. in Politics, Economics and Geography, University of Kashmir.

Awards, Scholarships, Grants and Prizes

    • Honorary Doctorate of Laws, Hindustan University, 1, Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Padur, Kelambakam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 603103, 2016.
    • Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian awards, by the President of India for excellence in education and public life, 2008.
    • Qimpro Platinum Standard Award for Excellence in Education, 2008.
    • Shehjar Person of the Year Award, 2009.
    • British Peace Building Fund Grant to promote India-Pakistan Relations, 2008-2014.
    • Brockhues Scholarship, St Edmund Hall Oxford, 1991-1992.
    • Foreign and Commonwealth Office Scholarship to study at Oxford, 1988-1991.

 

  • Junior Research Fellowship, University Grants Commission, 1985-1987.
  • National Merit Scholarship, Government of India, 1982-1984.

Books

  • India’s Foreign Policy in the Asian Century (working title; manuscript in preparation).
  • Deconstructing the Argumentative Indian, Amitabh Mattoo (ed.), Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, (forthcoming).
  • Rise of China and India: Implications for the Asia-Pacific, Amitabh Mattoo, Mallika Joseph (eds.), Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
  • India-Australia Relations in the Asian Century: Perspectives from India and Australia, Amitabh Mattoo, Souresh Roy (eds.), Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
  • The Reluctant Superpower: Understanding India and its aspirations, Amitabh Mattoo (ed.), Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2012.
  • Shaping India’s Foreign Policy: People, Politics and Places, Amitabh Mattoo, Happymon Jacob (eds.), Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2010.
  • India and Pakistan: Pathways Ahead, Amitabh Mattoo, Kapil Kak, Happymon Jacob (eds.), Knowledge World Publications, New Delhi, 2007.
  • Beyond the Rhetoric: The Economics of India’s Look East Policy, Amitabh Mattoo, Frederic Grare (eds.), Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 2003.
  • India and ASEAN: The Politics of India’s Look East Policy, Amitabh Mattoo, Frederic Grare (eds.), Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 2001.
  • Engaged Democracies: India-U.S. Relations in the 21st Century, Amitabh Mattoo, Kanti Bajpai (eds.), Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2000.
  • The Peacock and the Dragon: India- China Relations in the 21st Century, Amitabh Mattoo, Kanti Bajpai (eds.), Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 2000.
  • India’s Nuclear Deterrent: Pokhran II and Beyond, Amitabh Mattoo (ed.), Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1999.
  • India and the Bomb: Public Opinion and Nuclear Options, Amitabh Mattoo & David Cortright (eds.), University of Notre Dame Press, 1999.
  • Securing India: Thoughts and Practices, Kanti Bajpai & Amitabh Mattoo (eds.), Manohar Publishers, New Delhi, 1996.

Task Force Reports

  • G-20: The Way Forward.
  • The Indian Ocean Region: Security, Stability and Sustainability in the 21st Centurywith Dennis Rumley et al., Australia India Institute, Melbourne, 2013.
  • Jammu and Kashmir: An Agenda for the Future, with Salman Khurshid et al, Delhi Policy Group, New Delhi, 2007.