India’’s Quest for Energy Through Oil and Natural Gas: Trade and Investment, Geopolitics, and Security

Sanjay Kumar Pradhan is an Assistant Professor of International Relations, at the School of Liberal Studies, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gujarat, India. He received his postgraduate, advanced postgraduate, and Ph.D. degrees from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. During his M.Phil. (advanced postgraduate) studies, was awarded a centrally sponsored fellowship to pursue his doctorate by the Indian Council of Social Science Research, Government of India. He has 14 years of teaching and research experience, teaching and guiding undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D. students in areas ranging from political science, international relations, to law. His research interests include the geopolitics of energy, energy security, resource diplomacy, international political economy, green energy, climate change & sustainable development, Africa, diaspora, gender, foreign policy, peace & conflict, and theories of international relations. He has published a book and 43 research papers in various respected journals, including the Indian Journal of Social Work, Asian Studies, Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Journal of Peace Studies, Asian Profile, and Economic & Political Weekly.