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Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Dr. Pravesh Kumar Gupta is a Associate Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). He has a doctoral degree in Central Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His PhD. Topic was Tajikistan-Pakistan Relations, 1991-2014. His primary interests of research are society and politics of Central Asian Republics, geopolitics of Central and South Asia, Energy Security and trans-regional energy linkages between Central and South Asia.

Dr. Pravesh Kumar Gupta is a Associate Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). He has a doctoral degree in Central Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His PhD. Topic was Tajikistan-Pakistan Relations, 1991-2014. His primary interests of research are society and politics of Central Asian Republics, geopolitics of Central and South Asia, Energy Security and trans-regional energy linkages between Central and South Asia.

Contributions 
Bihana Didi: The Third Indian Scientist to Receive Norman Borlaug Award
September 27, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
As the industrial and service sectors have overgrown, agriculture’s share of the Indian economy has steadily decreased to less than 15%. However, the importance of agriculture in India’s economic and social fabric goes much beyond the boundaries ...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, agriculture, Indian Economy, Food Security, Positive Bharat, rural development, Nutrition
Afghanistan and Central Asia: The Canal Conundrum
September 22, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
In 2021, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in an attempted military takeover that overthrew the country’s officially recognised government. The Taliban encountered little resistance in retaking control of Kabul in less unusual circumstances....

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Article, Soviet Union, Taliban, UNGA, Amu Darya, Qosh Tepa Canal, Protocol 566, Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan, Trilateral meeting
Significance of Tajikistan-Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan Summit
August 21, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Introduction On a historical and unusual note, the first trilateral summit meeting between the presidents of Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan took place in Ashgabat on August 4, 2023. Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan, Emomali...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Commentary, regional cooperation, Taliban, Transportation, Electricity, Amu Darya, Water Dispute
शंघाई सहयोग संगठन की बदलती गतिशीलता का मूल्यांकन
July 21, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
हाल ही में भारत की अध्यक्षता में शंघाई सहयोग संगठन (SCO) का 22वां शिखर सम्मेलन वर्चुअल प्रारूप में स...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Commentary, चीन, मध्य एशिया, रूस, शंघाई सहयोग संगठन, आतंकवादी आश्रय, शिखर सम्मेलन
Swamitva Yojana: Another Crucial Instrument of Rural Empowerment in India
July 12, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
The Government of India launched the Swamitva Yojana, also known as the "Survey of Villages and Mapping with Improvised Technology in Village Areas" scheme. With the intention of giving rural property owners legal papers and facilitating the developm...

Tags: Governance and Political Studies, Women empowerment, Panchayat, Drones, Positive Bharat, Survey of India, rural development, land records
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VIF Papers 
Great Game Revisited: China's Grand Eurasian Strategy through the Prism of 'One Belt One Road'
July 05, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
… despite multiple flaws, China's expanding participation in Central Asia is a long-term phenomenon and a watershed moment in the post-Soviet history and economic development of these countries… China is the only country capable of mobilising mas...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, OBOR, post-Soviet Central Asia, China & Central Asia, China’s economic overdrive, China’s development loans, Central Asian States’ fiscal bondage, loan diplomacy in Euresia
VIF Roundtable on India-Central Asia Relations | Summary of Discussions
April 13, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
India-Central Asia relations gained momentum in the recent past with Prime Minister Modi’s visit to the five Central Asian Republics in 2015 and India’s permanent membership to Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in 2017. During Prime Ministe...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Central Asia, India-Central Asia relations, SCO Summits, Prime Minister Modi's Visit
Book Published / Book Reviews 
The Spectre of Afghanistan: Security in Central Asia by Kirill Nourzhanov and Amin Saikal; London, I.B.TAURIS Bloomsbury Publishing Plc., 2021, pp. 249.
June 20, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan are three Central Asian countries that share geographical boundaries and cross-border ethnic linkages with Afghanistan. As a result, the developments in Afghanistan have directly impacted these countries. Alth...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, United States, NATO, Book Reviews, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Central Asian countries
Buddha in Gandhara by Sunita Dwivedi; Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi, 2020, 295pp.
July 08, 2021 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
‘Buddha in Gandhara’ is the fourth book by Sunita Dwivedi. She is a Silk Road traveller and has a keen interest in uncovering Buddhist heritage across India Subcontinent. This book presents an account of the ancient Buddhist cities of Gandhara�...

Tags: Historical and Civilisational Studies, Kashmir, Book Reviews, Philosophy, Buddhist, Gandhara, Buddha, Greco-Roman, Buddhas Dhamma
The Rise and Fall of Khoqand: Central Asia in the Global Age, 1709-1876. By Scott C. Levi, Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017. 2017, 258pp.
June 03, 2020 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Until recently, a few books have been published on the history of Central Asian Khanates of Khiva, Bukhara, and Kokand. In his book, Levi C. Scott, a professor of Central Asian history at Ohio State University, focuses on the historical significance ...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Book Reviews, Central Asian history, Ferghana Valley, Crimean War, Russian forces, Khanate of Kokand
VIF Briefs 
Revitalization of INSTC and Prospects of the Greater Eurasian Connectivity
December 30, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
The geostrategic significance of Central Asia is very much important from India’s foreign policy and domestic policy points of view. Central Asia shares a border with China in the East, Caspian in the West, Russia in the North, and Iran and Afghani...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, China, Russia, INSTC, Chabahar Port, Central Asia, Iran, North-South Transport Corridor
Turkey’s Role as a Regional Actor in Central Asia: An Assessment
March 29, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Central Asia’s geostrategic location at the crossroads of East and West has shaped substantial geopolitical rivalries in the region. Even though the region is within Russia’s sphere of influence, China has made significant advances in Central Asi...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, energy, Azerbaijan, Gas pipeline, Drones, Turkic States, Georgia, Trans -Caspian, Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan, Karabakh War
India-Central Asia: Defence and Security Cooperation
February 28, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Central Asia has emerged as an important geopolitical space after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Its geostrategic location at the crossroads of East and West, South, Central, and West Asia has often resulted in the spread of challeng...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Defence production, Taliban, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, India-Central Asia Dialogue, Delhi declaration, Khanjar, Kazind, Defence Expo, India-Central Asia Summit
India-Tajikistan Relations: The Security Factor
March 03, 2019 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
India and Tajikistan share great historical and cultural relations. Tajikistan was a part of Kushana and Persian Empires which had close cultural linkages with the Indian subcontinent. During the Islamic rule in India, Persian language and Sufism fro...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, India, India-Tajikistan Relations, Tajikistan, India’s Central Asia policy
Event Reports 
VIF Delegation Visit to Uzbekistan
May 15, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Uzbekistan held a nationwide referendum on constitutional reforms on April 30, 2023. A delegation from Vivekananda international Foundation (VIF) which included Dr Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF and Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow (Central Asia...

Tags: Conference, International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, agriculture, Climate Change, Uzbekistan, Food Security
VIF Interaction with the visiting delegation from Iran On Interfaith Dialogue in the Historical Perspective, especially from India and Iran Point of View
December 26, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
On December 15, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized an interaction with a high level delegation from Iran. The theme of the discussion was 'Interfaith Dialogue in the Historical Perspective, especially from India and Iran P...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Historical and Civilisational Studies, Interaction, Conflict Avoidance, Samvad, Religions, Interfaith Dialogue
Interaction with Delegation from the Institute of Political and International Studies IPIS, Iran
December 19, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
On November 11, 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) had a discussion with a visiting delegation from Iran's Institute of Political and International Studies (IPIS). Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivered the introductory remarks, w...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Conferences, India, Iran, Russia-Ukraine
Discussion on Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Achievements and Prospects
September 30, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), organized a Round Table Discussion on “Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Achievements and Prospects” on September 5, 2022. Dr. Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, delivered the welcome remarks, followed by r...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Central Asia, Interaction, SCO, INSTC, Chabahar, FTA, Shanghai Cooperation, SCO Startup Forum
VIF-IPIS Webinar on Bilateral, Regional and International Issues
August 03, 2022 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
In order to assess the dynamics of India-Iran relations, the Institute for Political and International Studies (IPIS) Iran, in collaboration with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organized a webinar on Bilateral, Regional and Internatio...

Tags: International Relations and Diplomacy, Seminars, bilateral, Regional, International Issues
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Outreach 
Response from India: the President of Uzbekistan's speech at the 78th session of the UN General Assembly emphasized the most important regional and global issues
September 21, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
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Reaction from India: The fifth consultative meeting of the leaders of the Central Asian countries was an important step in strengthening the favorable environment for regional cooperation
September 17, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Publ...

The First Trilateral Summit in Central Asia: Some Takeaways
September 07, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Published in Financial Express on 7th September 2023...

Changing dynamics of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization
August 10, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Published in Hindusta...

Can Gulf countries be Reliable Partners to Central Asia?
August 05, 2023 Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF
Published in The Financial Express on 5th August 2023....

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