Prof. Sunil Sondhi is a distinguished scholar in the field of intercultural communication, conflict resolution, international relations, education, global policy and governance.

Most recently, Dr. Sondhi served as Project Director, Culture and Communication Project at Indira Gandhi National Center of Arts. He is currently the Tagore National Fellow  at the center. He has previously served as Principal at Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, from 2007-2019.

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Educational Background

After completing doctoral research from the University of Delhi he did post-doctoral research at the George Washington University and the University of Toronto. During his research and teaching career spanning four decades, Sunil Sondhi has received many international research awards, which include: J. William Fulbright Fellowship; Salzburg Program Fellowship; Canada Asia Pacific Award; and Shastri Applied Research Project Award.

  • Post-Doctoral Research at the University of Toronto, Canada, 1995, 1999.
  • Post-Doctoral Research at the George Washington University, USA, 1992-93.
  • Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 1991.
  • M.A. Department of Political Science, University of Delhi, 1975.

Awards

  • ICSSR-IMPRESS Fellowship 2020
  • New STAR Innovation Research Award, University of Delhi, 2015
  • Shastri Applied Research Project Award, Canada, 2003.
  • Canada Asia-Pacific Award, Canada, 2000.
  • Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship, Canada, 1999.
  • University Grants Commission Conference Grant, 1996.
  • Shastri Indo-Canadian Fellowship, Canada, 1995.
  • Salzburg Program Fellowship, Austria, 1995.
  • Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Grant, USA, 1994.
  • Rockefeller University Research Grant, USA, 1994.
  • J. William Fulbright Fellowship, USA, 1992-93.
  • Olive I. Reddick Award, 1991.
  • University Grants Commission Research Award, 1989.
  • Indian National Science Academy Research Grant, 1988.
  • John F. Kennedy Foundation Research Award, USA, 1987.
  • Harry S. Truman Institute Research Award, USA, 1986.

Field Work

Sunil Sondhi has extensive experience of working with civil society organizations throughout the world and raising funds for education and development activities. He has been active in organizing leadership development programs for the youth and involving them in social work in rural areas of the world. Through these activities he has strived to promote social harmony and tolerance among diverse communities.



Most recently, Dr. Sondhi served as Project Director, Culture and Communication Project, Indira Gandhi National Center of Arts (IGNCA). He is currently the Tagore National Fellow  at the center. He has previously served as Principal of Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, from 2007-2019. His current engagements at IGNCA has him working on high value projects on culture and communication in India funded by the Ministry of Culture. He was earlier awarded Canada Asia Pacific Award for an applied research project on "Engaging Communities in Environmental Management". This involved study and participation of civil society organizations in managing the environment. This study covers metropolitan areas of India and Canada and remote regions in northeast India and northwest Canada. He also completed a project on "Governance and Development in South Asia" which included a study of the role of civil society organizations in improving the quality of governance in the countries of South Asian region.


 

  • Project Director, Culture and Communication Project; Tagore National Fellow, at Indira Gandhi National Center of Arts (IGNCA).
  • Principal, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi, 2007-2019.
  • Reader at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi. 1991-2007.
  • Lecturer at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, 1976-1991.
  • Visiting Faculty : Assam University, Silchar (2004, 2005); Queen’s University, Kingston (1999); University of Toronto (1995); National Institute of Science Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi (1993); and George Washington University, (1992).

 

Sunil Sondhi is an expert mountaineer and has trekked and climbed extensively in the Himalayas. His travels in the mountains have taken him to distant places and communities nestled in nature far away from modern civilization. These experiences have awakened him to the need for balancing human and material values in personal and social life.
  • Hony. Director (Global Civil Society), Resource Network, USA, 2004-2006
  • Secretary-General, Fulbright Alumni Association, 2000-2006
  • President, Delhi Mountaineering Association, 1996-2001
  • Leader, Stok Kangri Mountaineering Expedition, 2000
  • Trustee, Indian Association for American Studies, 1994-96

Publications & Research



Dr. Sondhi has published widely in scholarly journals on international relations and organization. He has over one hundred research papers to his credit. His most recent paper was on “Communication in the Global Family.” An earlier paper on "Terrorism and Governance in Kashmir" was published in The Journal of Conflict Studies (New Brunswick). He has presented several research papers at international conferences held in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Austria, and New Zealand. Sunil Sondhi has published seven books of which the most recent is on "International Relations: A Framework for Analysis". This book focuses on the evolution of global civil society and its implication for theory and practice of international relations.


Featured Publications (pdf links)

Aspects of Dharma Hindu Realism HAL Open Science - Concept of Danda in Dharamasastra Hindutva as Brahmatva Hindu Sociology SABDAPURVAYOGA -Indian Communication Theory and Practice Sabdaloka - The Light of the Words Kalakalpa - IGNCA Journal of Arts - Sabda Brahma Sabda Sakti - Power of Words in India’s Linguistic Tradition India’s Defense Strategy - Lessons from and for China Sabda Brahma - Science and Spirit of Language in India Sabdanusanam - the integral view of communication Indian Journal of Social Inquiry Corruption in India Terrorism and Governance in Kashmir Contact Dr. Sondhi for additional publications

Books

  • Imagining India as a Global Power: Prospects and Challenges, ed.(London, 2017)
  • International Relations: Search for Security and Development (New Delhi, 2007)
  • International Relations: A Framework For Analysis (New Delhi, 2004)
  • Global States (New Delhi, 2002)
  • Corruption: The Asian Experience (New Delhi, 2002)
  • Global Terror (New Delhi, 2001)
  • United Nations in a Changing World (New Delhi, 1998)
  • Science Technology and India’s Foreign Policy (New Delhi, 1994)
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Articles

  • " Sabdanusanam: The Integral View of Communication”, Kalakalpa, IGNCA Journal for Arts, Vol. IV, No.2, February 2020
  • “Communication in the Global Family”, Indian Journal of Social Enquiry, Vol. 8, No.1, March 2017.
  •  “Terrorism in South Asia: Causes and Cure“, Eternal India, Vol. 3, Number 4, January 2011.
  • “Domestic politics as a Determinant of Indo-US Nuclear Deal”, in N.K. Jha, ed. Nuclear Synergy: Indo-US Strategic Cooperation and Beyond, (New Delhi: Pentagon, 2009).
  • “Combatting Terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir”, Anasakti Darshan, Vol3, No.2, July-December 2007.
  • “Terrorism and Governance in Kashmir”, in the Journal of Conflict Studies (Canada), Winter 2004.
  • “Makers of India’s Foreign Policy” by J.N. Dixit, (Book Review), in the India Quarterly, October-December 2004.
  • “Globalization and Regionalism in the Asia Pacific Region” in Govind Prasad and Anil Dutta Mishra, eds., Globalization: Myth and Reality, (New Delhi: Concept, 2004).
  • “Science and Technology Cooperation in South Asia: Imperatives, Impediments and Prospects”, in N.K. Jha, ed., South Asia in the 21st Century (New Delhi: South Asia, 2003).
  • “The Rise of New Great Powers: Technology and International Relations after the Cold War”, in Dilip H. Mohite and Amit Dholakia, eds., India and the Emerging World Order (New Delhi: Kalinga, 2001).
  • “Governance and Development in South Asia: The Role of Canadian Organisations”, (with Chandra Mohan) in Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. IX, 2000.
  • “Towards a Great power: Imperatives of Technological Strategy”, in N.K. Jha, ed., India’s Foreign Policy in a Changing World (New Delhi: South Asia, 2000).
  • “Political Economy of Telecom Reforms in Canada and India,” Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. VIII, 1999.
  • “Pathways to Asian Cooperation in Science and Technology”, in V.P. Kharbanda and Ashok Jain, eds., Science and Technology: Strategies for Development (New Delhi: Haranand, 1999).
  • “Canadian Presence on the Internet: Challenges and Opportunities”, Indian Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. VII, 1998.
  • “United States and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum”, in Dilip Mohite, ed., India, United States and the Emerging World Order (Baroda: M.S. University, 1995).
  • “Indo-US Space Relations at Crossroads”, in Vinay Malhotra, ed., Indo-US Relations in the Nineties (New Delhi: Anmol, 1995).
  • “South Korea”, in A. Rahman, ed., Science, Technology and Development (New Delhi: Wiley Eastern, 1995).
  • “Former Soviet Union”, ibid.
  • “Japan”, ibid.
  • “US-India Cooperation in Science and Technology” (with A.Rahman), in A.P. Rana, ed., Four Decades of Indo-US Relations (New Delhi: Haranand, 1994).
  • “India’s Quest for Autonomous Capability in Space Technology”, U.P. Journal of Political Science, Vol. 5, No.1-2, 1993.
  • “Political Economy of Industrialisation in East Asia,” Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol.LIV, No.1, Jan.-Mar. 1993.
  • “Canada-US Free Trade Agreement”, in Ram Rattan, ed., Canadian Political System in the 1990’s (New Delhi: Kalinga, 1993).
  • “US Trade Policy Towards Newly Industrializing Countries”, in P.M. Kamath and Muttalik Desai. eds., Indian Perspectives on American Studies (New Delhi: Prestige, 1993).
  • “Science, State and Dependence”, Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol LIII No.1, Jan.Mar.1992.
  • “US Foreign Policy and Technology Transfer to India”, in B.P. Dalal, ed., Indian Contribution to American Studies (Bombay: Somaiya, 1992).
  • “Politics of Science in India”, in Jayant V. Narlikar, ed. Philosophy of Science (Shimla: Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 1992)
  • “Political Culture and Electoral Choice”, in V.M. Bachal, ed., People’s Mandate (Pune: Dastane, 1992).
  • “Scientific Development and Political Change”, Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol LI No.4, Oct.-Dec. 1991.
  • “Peace and Power in Jawahar Lal Nehru’s Foreign Policy”, Journal of Political Studies, Vol. XXIII, No.II, Sept. 1990.
  • “Politics of Technology Transfer”, U.P. Journal of Political Science, Vol.2 No.1, Jan.- Jun. 1990.
  • “Foreign Policy as a Determinant of Technological Development and Exchange”, Journal of Political Studies, Vol. XXVII No.1, Feb. 1989.
  • “Science, Technology and Foreign Policy”, Teaching Politics, Vol. XII, No. 4, December 1986.

Conferences

  • “Strategies for Development in India and Canada”, presented at International Seminar on India and Canada organized by Center for Canadian studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, March 2011.
  • “Emerging India and the Impediment of Terrorism”, presented at International conference on Emergence of India as a Global Player organized by Global India Foundation, at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, March 2011.
  • “India and the War on Terrorism”, presented at International Conference on ‘Global Security Flexibility, Issues, and the Thin Lines on the War Against Terrorism’ organized by Ambivium Institute of International Security, Washington D.C., February 2011.
  • “India’s Great Power Status: Aspirations, Capabilities and Constraints” presented at the 46th Annual Convention of International Studies Association, Honolulu, Hawii, USA, March 2005.
  • “US Hegemony in South Asia: Exploring the Limits of Neo-Realism”, presented at the 45th International Studies Association Conference, Montreal, Canada, March 2004.
  • “India’s Big Leap Forward”, presented at the Glendon College, York University, Conference, Toronto, Canada, February 2004.
  • “US War on Terrorism: Impact on Kashmir”, presented at the University of Leicester Colloquium, University College London, London, February 2003.
  • “Global States in the Asia Pacific Region”, presented at the XVIX IACS International Conference, University of Mysore, Mysore, January 2003.
  • “Technology and Education in Canada”, presented at the XVI  IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, April 2000.
  • “Religion and Violence in India”, presented at the Center for Peace and Conflict Studies, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, June 1999.
  • “Telecom Policy for the Information Age: Canada and India”, presented at the XV IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, April 1999.
  • “Information Highway and Nationalism in Canada”, presented at the XIV  IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, January 1998.
  • “American Multinationals in India”, presented at the Australia New Zealand American Studies Association Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, February 1996.
  • “Integrating Science Technology and Economy: Canadian and Indian Experience”, presented at the XII IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, January 1996.
  • “Science Policy Reforms in India”, presented at the University of Toronto Seminar, Toronto, Canada, October 1995.
  • “Science and Technology Cooperation in the Asia Pacific Region”, presented at the XVI
  • World Congress of the International Political Science Association, Berlin, Germany, August 1994.
  • “Science Policy Reforms in Canada”, presented at the X IACS International Conference on Canadian Studies, University of Goa, Panaji, May 1994.
  • “Technology and Politics in the East Asian NICs”, presented at the University of Illinois Seminar, Urbana –Champaign, USA, March 1993.
  • “Continuity and Change in Indian Political Culture”, presented at the University of California Seminar, Berkeley, USA, March 1993.
  • “Technological Innovation in the Newly Industrializing Countries”, presented at the University of Denver Seminar, Denver, USA, March 1993.
  • “Imperialism in Space: US sanctions against Indian Space Research Organisation”, presented at the Joint EASST-4S Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, August 1992.
  • “Syncretism of Indian and Western Science”, presented at the National Center for Scientific Research Colloquium, Paris, France, April 1990.
  • About 50 national conferences in India covering topics including but not limited to international relations, conflict management and resolution, terrorism management, education policy, good governance, technology and environment.

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