M. Mayilvaganan

Assistant Professor
International Strategic & Security Studies Programme

Tel: 080-2218 5055
Fax:  080-22185028 
Email: mumayil@yahoo.com

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi)

M. Mayilvaganan is an Assistant Professor in International Strategic and Security Studies programme at NIAS. He earned a doctorate degree in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Prior to joining NIAS, he was a Senior Lecturer at Department of International and Strategic Studies, University of Malaya, based at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia where he taught South Asia in International Relations, Modern Warfare and International Politics. His past positions include Associate Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi (2006-2009) specializing Sri Lanka in particular and South Asia in general; Advocacy and Communication Officer at South Asian Research & Development Initiative (SARDI), New Delhi (Jan. 2005-Dec 2005); Research Assistant in the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (Colombo) project “Terrorism in India” at South Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (Dec. 2003 to Dec. 2004); Research Associate in the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi (Jan. 2003 to Dec. 2003), specialized on Kashmir issues. His research interests include strategic and security issues of South Asia, China, US and Japan. He has published several articles and commentaries on a variety of topics related to South Asia. He has also participated in various international and national seminars and given lectures at various institutes, besides appearing for various print and visual media interviews.

Recent Lectures

• “Conflict Resolution in Sri Lanka: Failures, Causes and Lessons” at Conferences on Searching for non-western roots of conflict resolution discourses, norms and case studies, organized by Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta, Kolkatta, January 30-31, 2012.

• Understanding the Sri Lankan Government Strategy in Eelam War IV, Inaugural lecture at Social Science Festival organized by The Bangalore Social Sciences Forum at National College, Bangalore, December 12, 2011.

• Rise of China and the Indian Ocean: Concerns and Challenges for India at International Conference on Ocean and Geopolitics, organized by University of Malaya, Malaysia, December 8-9, 2011.

•  How did Sri Lankan Government defeat LTTE, NIAS Wednesday Talk, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore, November 9, 2011.

• Crossing Borders: The Political-Economic Drivers in Migration of Sri Lankan Tamils at International conference on Crossing Borders, Traversing Boundaries: Bridging the Gap between International and Internal Migration Research and Theory, organized by the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, October 13-14, 2011.

• Ethno Nationalism and other challenges to India’s Security at National Seminar on Democracy and Discontent organized by the Department of Political Science, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, February 11-12, 2011.

• India and Its Neighbours (special focus on Sri Lanka), Invited Lecture at Manidha Neyam Institute, Chennai, January 24, 2011.

• India’s Look East Policy, Invited Speaker at Malaysia Armed Force Staff College, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, April 5, 2010.

• Sri Lanka: Ethnic Conflict and Internal Developments, Invited Speaker for Orientation Programme of IAS Aspirant on International Relations at Manidha Neyam Institute, Chennai, January 18, 2010.

• Sri Lanka: Recent Developments and Its Implications, Guest Lecture for Indian Foreign Service Probationers at Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi, India, February 18, 2009.

Recent Publications

• M. Mayilvaganan, Review of the book “Governing Ethnic Conflict: Consociation, Identity and the Price of Peace”, by Andrew Finlay, Journal of Conflict Transformation and Security (JCTS, UK), Vol. 1, No. 1, 2011, pp. 133-135.
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “Variance over Indian Ocean: India-Sri Lanka Maritime issues”, Journal of Maritime and Geopolitics (Malaysia), Vol. 2, No. 1&2, 2011, pp. 45-60.
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “Engaging Post-LTTE Sri Lanka: India’s Policy Options”, India Quarterly, March 2012, 68(1), pp. 17-28
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “Is it Endgame for LTTE?”, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 33, Issue 1, January 2009, pp. 25 – 39.
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “The Muslim Factor in the Sri Lankan Ethnic Conflict”, Strategic Analysis, Vol. 32, Issue 5, September 2008, pp. 833 – 853.
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “Migration: Dynamics and Challenges” in Ashok K Behuria (ed.), India and its Neighbours: Towards A New Partnership (New Delhi: IDSA, 2008).
  
  
• M. Mayilvaganan, “India's Policy towards Sri Lanka, 1947-2007: Continuity and Change” in World Focus (ed.), India’s Foreign Policy – Continuity and Change (New Delhi: Academic Excellence, 2008).

 

 

Courses Offered

• National Security Paper I (Internal Security), I Semester, August-December 2011.
  
  
• National Security Paper II (India and International Security), II Semester, January-May 2012.

• Migration, Social Change and Security, II Semester, January-May 2012.

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