Mahendra P. Lama

Add links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Mahendra P. Lama
Born (1961-03-01) 1 March 1961 (age 63)
Jawaharlal Nehru University
ContributionsEducation
AwardsAmbassador for Peace, Schokaert Gold Medal in 1979

Mahendra P. Lama is an

vice chancellor of Sikkim University in India.[2] At the age of 45, he became the youngest vice chancellor of a National Central University in India.[3]
He is presently a senior Professor in the School of International Studies , Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; Chief Economic Adviser in the Government of Sikkim (Cabinet Minister Rank) and Member of the Eminent Persons Group on Nepal-India Relations appointed by the Prime Ministers of India and Nepal.

Education

Prof. Lama completed his graduation from

Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.[4] Lama has worked and published on issues related to cooperation and integration in South Asia
and on issues of trade, investment, migration, development, borderlands in the Himalayan Regions and China.

Career

Prof. Lama had been Chairperson, Centre for South, Central, Southeast Asia and South West Pacific Studies at the School of International Studies,

Indian government to serve in the Independent Expert Group (1997-1999) and South Asia Forum (2011-2016) set up by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). He was also a member of the National Committee for the Revamping of the North Eastern Council in 2004, and the national steering committee for the North East Vision document - 2020. Lama is an author.[6] He has written and edited several books[7] and scholarly articles[8]
and some of this works have been translated into Japanese, French and German Language.

Recent engagements

He is the principal author of the 'North East Region Vision 2035' of NITI Aayog, New Delhi (2021).

In the last few years, the President of India has nominated Lama to eight institutions of India as her/his representative.[

Commonwealth Fellowship Selection Committee.[9] He has also been a member of the prestigious Interviews Board for the all India Civil Services Examinations conducted by the Union Public Service Commission
and also at the state level in Public Service Commission of Sikkim.

The architect of the reopening of the historic Nathu la trade route between Sikkim in India and Tibet Autonomous Region in China after 44 years in 2006, he is also a life member of a number of pioneering Nepali literary and cultural organizations in India. He has also served as the member of the Prime Minister's Task Force on Hill and Mountain Development under the aegis of National Planning Commission. He has been associated as a professional with the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, United Nations Development Programme, USAID, Australian Aid Agency, Asia Foundation, IDRC of Canada and ICIMOD in Kathmandu and many other international organisations. He was also assigned the task of reviewing the functioning of SAARC by Asian Development Bank and SACEPS since its inception. He also wrote a column known as “Serophero” in Nepal's fortnightly Himal Khabar Patrika. He wrote a column “Ghamko khojima” in Himalaya Darpan, a daily newspaper published from Siliguri. He also contributed columns in Nepal's English daily Kathmandu Post. [1] and continues to write a fortnightly column 'Chuchurobata' in Nepal's daily Kantipur.

He has been associated with a number of national and international organisations including New Delhi's India International Centre, University Grants Commission,

Oxford University, Stanford University, Notre Dame University, New School University and National Defense College (NDC), to IFS/IAS/IPS probationers and a large number of Universities and other institutions.[citation needed
] He has participated in over 400 Seminars/Conferences both in India and in 34 countries. abroad.

Publications

Select books and monographs

Most recent book  : "Oh Darjeeling" (in Nepali) published by Kitab Publishers, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2021

"Strategic Roadmap for Bringing Investors from South East Asia (CLMV & Thailand) to North East India: A Seed Project Approach", (Principal Author), North Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi), Guwahati, 2021

"Fledgling sub-regionalism in Eastern South Asia: Reasons for China’s shift towards Bilateralism in BCIM", Occasional Paper Series, Institute of Chinese Studies, New Delhi, 2021

"India and China : Rethinking Borders and Security", (co-authored with LHM Ling et al). University of Michigan Press, USA, 2016

BBIN Initiatives: Options for Cross-Border Power Exchange , ORF Issue Brief No 137, Observer Research Foundation and Asia Foundation, New Delhi , 2016 "India-Nepal Peace and Friendship Treaty 1950: Implications for Indian Gorkhas and Policy Suggestions", Bharatiya Gorkha Parisnagh and Darjeeling Dooars United Development Foundation, Darjeeling , 2016 "Unravelling Inclusiveness in North East India : Lessons from the Experimentations of Indian Gorkhas"; Samata Annual lecture IV, SAMATA Foundation, Kathmandu, 2014 "SAARC 2015 : Expanding Horizons and Forging Cooperation in a Resurgent Asia : The Delhi Statement" , (with Ambassador KK Bhargava) Fredrich Ebert Stiftung, New Delhi, 2007 "Pipelines and Powergrids for Peace", (with Rasul Bakhsh Rais, Quaid-I- Azam University, Islamabad), ICPI, Mumbai and King's College, London (2001) "New Perspectives on India-Nepal Relations" ( with Kalim Bahadur), (Har-Anand Publications, New Delhi, 1995) "Economic Cooperation in the SAARC Region  : Potential, Constraints and Policies", (with VR Panchamukhi et al.), (Interest Publications, Delhi, 1990) "Tea Plantation Workers in the Eastern Himalayas"‚ (with RL Sarkar), (Atma Ram and Sons, Delhi, 1986) "The Eastern Himalayas : Environment and Economy"‚(with RL Sarkar), (Atma Ram and Sons, Delhi, 1986) "The Economics of Indo-Nepalese Cooperation: A Study on Trade, Aid and Private Foreign Investment"‚ (Atma Ram and Sons, Delhi, 1985)

References

  1. ^ "Title and profession of Mahendra P. Lama".
  2. ^ "Prof. Mahendra P Lama". Sikkim University. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Sikkim VC". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Mahendra P. Lama (Ph.D., JNU)". Jawaharlal Nehru University. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Mahendra P. Lama (Ph.D., JNU)". JNU. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  6. ^ "Mahendra P. Lama". The India China Institute. Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Mahendra P. Lama". The University Press Limited. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Mahendra P. Lama". The Indian Express ltd. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
  9. ^ "President of India nominates Prof Lama to the NEHU's Executive Council". DarjeelingTimes. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Energising Connectivity between Northeast India and its Neighbours - Publications : ERIA". ERIA. February 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  11. ^ "9788173872303 Globalisation and Cultural Practices in Mountain Areas Dynamics, Dimensions and Implications : Printsasia.in". Printsasia. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Human Security in India: Discourse, Practices and Policy implications | The University Press Limited". The University Press Limited. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  13. OCLC 42763207
    .
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahendra_P._Lama&oldid=1220437421"