Book Chapters: authored

2021: “Cross-border trade and development in India’s Northeast”, in World Trade and India: Multilateralism, Progress and Policy Response, (eds), Ajitava Raychaudhuri, Prabir De and Suranjan Gupta,  ISBN: 9789353886103, pp: 103-18, Sage Publications, New Delhi

2019: “Development of India’s North East: Cross-border Market, Trade and  Sub-regional Cooperation”, in Developmentalism as Strategy: Interrogating Post-colonial Narratives on India’s North East, (ed), Rakhee Bhattacharya, ISBN: 9789353283186, pp: 214-30, Sage Publications, New Delhi

2019: “OBOR architecture and BCIM-EC: An interplay of geo-economics and geo-politics”, in BCIM Economic Cooperation: Interplay of Geo-economics and Geo-politics, (eds), Gurudas Das and C Joshua Thomas, ISBN:9780367733476, pp: 422-449, Routledge, London and New York

2019: “Indo-Myanmar Trade: Potential and Outlook”, in Compendium on Indo-Myanmar Border Management, (ed), Assam Rifles, ISBN: 9789386302984, pp: 192-97, Eastern Book House, Guwahati

2016: “India’s Myanmar Policy: Implications for India’s Northeast”, in Look East to Act East Policy: Implications for India’s Northeast, (eds), Gurudas Das and C Joshua Thomas, ISBN: 9781138667563, pp: 120-30, Routledge, London and New York

2015: “Dynamics of India-China Relations in a Changing Global Geo-Political Environment”, in Voices from the Border: Response to Chinese Claims over Arunachal Pradesh, (eds), Gurudas Das, C Joshua Thomas and Nani Bath, ISBN: 9788182748347, pp: 33-47, Pentagon Press. New Delhi

2011: “Identity, Underdevelopment, and Violence: A Roadmap for the Restoration of Peace in North East India”, in Social Unrest and Peace Initiatives: Perspectives from North East India, (eds), Gautam K Bera, Birinchi K Medhi, R P Athparia and K Jose SVD, ISBN: 9789380261256, pp: 119-34, Eastern Book House, Guwahati

2008: “Indo-Bangladesh Relations: Issues in Trade, Transit and Security”, in Indo-Bangladesh Border Trade: Benefiting from Neighbourhood, (eds), Gurudas Das and C Joshua Thomas, ISBN: 9788183701327, pp: 3-44, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2008: “Identity and Unbderdevelopment: On Conflict and Peace in Assam”, in Peace in Dialogue: Universals and Specifics, (ed), Sujata Dutta Hazarika, ISBN: 9788183701440, pp: 89-116, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2007: “Globalization and Human Development: Is there any Trade off?”, in Human Development: Experiences of North East India, (eds), Kiran Sankar Chakraborty and Gurudas Das, ISBN: 818370039X, pp: 3-14, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2006: “Security, Engagement and Development: Development interest of India’s North East and the Art of Conduct of India’s Relations with Neighbouring Countries”, in Engagement and Development: India’s Northeast and Neighbouring Countries, ISBN: 818370090X, pp: 3-25, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2006: “Informal Sector in India’s Northeast: Migration, Competition and Conflict Situation”, in Informality and Poverty: Urban Landscape of India’s North-East, (eds), B Datta Ray and Gurudas Das, ISBN: 8183700446, pp: 62-88, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2006: “War and Peace in India’s North-East: Issues, Complexities and Options-A Plea for Strengthening the Civil Society”, in Peace in India’s North-East: Meaning, Metaphor and Method, (eds), Prasenjit Biswas and C Joshua Thomas, ISBN: 8189233483, pp: 313-38, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2006: “Border Trade in India’s North East: Theory and Practice”, in Challenges of Development in North-East India, (eds), David R Syiemlieh, Anuradha Dutta and Srinath Baruah, ISBN: 8189233343, pp: 332-47, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2005: “Economy of Myanmar: Trends, Structure and Implications for Border Trade with India’s North-East”, in Indo-Myanmar Border Trade: Status, Problems and Potentials, (eds), Gurudas Das, N. Bijoy Singh and C J Thomas, ISBN: 8183700071, pp: 1-40, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2005: “Sino-Indian Border Trade for Frontier Development: The Case of India’s Northeast and China’s Southwest”, in India and China in an era of Globalization: Essays on Economic Cooperation, (eds), Jayanta Kumar Ray and Prabir De, ISBN: 8185040907, pp: 123-141, Bookwell, New Delhi

2005: “Structural Change and Resource-Industry Linkages in India’s North East: Some Policy Imperatives”, in Structural Change and Strategy of Development: Resource-Industry Linkages in North East India, (ed), Gurudas Das, ISBN: 8187606630, pp: 327-35, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2005: “Land in the hills of North East India: Factor Immobility Vs Market-led Growth”, in Polity and Economy: Agenda for Contemporary North East India, (ed), C Joshua Thomas, ISBN: 8189233173, pp: 125-36, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2004: “The State of Manufacturing in Meghalaya: Resource-Industry Linkage”, in Dimensions of Rural Development in North-East India, (eds), B Datta Ray and Gurudas Das, ISBN: 8187606231, pp: 101-12, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

2004: “Small Societies in a large Democracy: problems of Conflict Resolution in India’s Northeast”, in Inter-ethnic Conflict in North East India, (ed), Girin Phukan, ISBN: 8170032970, pp: 77-82, South Asian Publishers, New Delhi

2002: “Immigration into North-East India: The Security Dimensions”, in Dimensions of Displaced People in North-East India, (ed), C Joshua Thomas, ISBN: 8187498366, pp: 73-90, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2002: “Geo-economy of Arunachal Pradesh: The Cross-border Dimension”, in Cross-border Trade of North-East India, (ed), S Dutta, ISBN: 8178710102, pp: 23-34, Hope India Publications,  Gurgaon

2002: “Armed Struggle in Nagaland: Tactics, Strategies and its Ramifications for Economic Development”, in Dimensions of Development in Nagaland, (eds), C Joshua Thomas and Gurudas Das, ISBN: 8187498617, pp: 22-35, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2001: “Introduction, in Research Priorities in North East India: With Special Reference to Arunachal Pradesh, (ed), Gurudas Das, ISBN: 9788183701136, pp: 1-17, Regency Publications, New Delhi

2000: “Trade Between the North Eastern Region and Neighbouring Countries: Structures and Implications for Development”, in Border Trade: North East and Neighbouring Countries, (eds), Gurudas Das and R K Purkayastha, ISBN: 9788187606024, pp: 23-52, Akansha Publishing House, New Delhi

1998: “Social Change and Traditional Tribal Political Systems in Meghalaya: Sixth Schedule and 73rd  Amendment”, in Power to People in Meghalaya, (eds), M N Karna, L S Gassah and C J Thomas, ISBN: 8186030646, pp: 32-49, Regency Publications, New Delhi

1998: “Limits  to Economic Development of North Eastern Region: An Analysis of Contradictions between Economic Goals and Social Choices”, in Sociological Constraints to Industrial Development in North East India, (eds), B Datta Ray and Prabin Baishya, ISBN: 817022733X, pp: 113-117, Concept Publishing Company, Delhi

1998: “Migration, Ethnicity and Competition for State Resources: Social Tensions in North East India”, in North-East India: The Human Interface, (eds), M K Raha and Aloke Kumar Ghosh, ISBN: 8121205735, pp: 307-23, Gyan Publishing House, New Delhi

1998: “Liberalization and Internal Periphery: Understanding the Implications for India’s North East”, in Liberalization and India’s North East, (eds), Gurudas Das and R K Purkayastha, ISBN: 9788171694983, pp: 140-56, Commonwealth Publishers, Delhi

1998: “Incorporation of Arunachal Hills into Colonial British India: A Politico-Economic Analysis”, in Studies in the History, Economy and Culture of Arunachal Pradesh, (ed), S Dutta, ISBN: 86393161, pp: 195-202, Himalayan Publishers, Delhi

1998: “Tribal Formations and their Economic Base in Arunachal Pradesh: A Reconstruction”, in Studies in the History, Economy and Culture of Arunachal Pradesh, (ed), S Dutta, ISBN: 86393161, pp: 334-45, Himalayan Publishers, Delhi

1998: “The Nehru-Elwin Policy of Tribal Development: Genesis, Growth and Renunciation”, in Studies in the History, Economy and Culture of Arunachal Pradesh, (ed), S Dutta, ISBN: 86393161, pp:387-97, Himalayan Publishers, Delhi

1997: “Agriculture in Arunachal Pradesh: Trends and Problems of Objective Assessment”, in Trends in Agrarian Structure in the Hills of North East India, (eds), M C Behera and N C Roy, ISBN: 8171694489, pp: 41-54, Commonwealth Publishers, Delhi

1997: “Understanding the Insurgency Phenomenon in India’s North East: An Analytical Framework”, in Insurgency in North-East India, (ed), B Pakem, ISBN: 8171171532, pp: 168-96, Omsons  Publications, New Delhi

1997: “Ethnicity and Political Economy of Development in India’s North-East: An Appraisal”, in Politics of Identity and Nation Building in North-East India, (eds), Girin Phukan and N.L. Dutta, ISBN: 9781588681065, pp: 97-110, South Asian Publishers, New Delhi

1995: “Features of Peripheral Urbanization: A Study in the Nature and Growth of Urban Settlements in Arunachal Pradesh”, in Urbanization and Development in North-East India: Trends and Policy Implications, (ed), J B Ganguly, ISBN: 8171006895, pp: 135-45, Deep &Deep Publications, Delhi

1994: “On Some Aspects of Demographic Economy of Arunachal Pradesh”, in Demographic Profile of North-East India, (eds), Sanu Mukherjee, Fatima Imdad Hussain, Parijat Chakravorty and Gurudas Das, ISBN: 817117129X, pp: 70-80, Omsons  Publications, New Delhi

1993: “The Pace of Development and Emerging Structural Constraints of the Agrarian Economy of Arunachal Pradesh”, in Agricultural Development in North-East India: Constraints and Prospects, (ed), K Alam, ISBN: 8171004717, pp: 267-82, Deep &Deep Publications, Delhi

 

 

 

 

 

 

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About Gurudas Das

GURUDAS DAS is a Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam. Earlier he had been associated with the Centre for Himalayan Studies, NBU, Siliguri; St Anthony’s College, Shillong; OKD Institute of Social Change and Development, Guwahati and North Eastern Hill University, Shillong. He specializes in the domain of security and development, cross-border trade and development cooperation, and geoeconomics and geopolitics of regional growth and development. He has authored Security and Development in India’s North East (2012: OUP), and co-authored and co-edited BCIM Economic Cooperation: Interplay of Geoeconomics and Geo-politics (Routledge, 2018), Look East to Act East Policy: Implications for India’s Northeast (2015: Routledge), Voices from the Border: Response to Chinese Claim over Arunachal Pradesh (2015: Pentagon Press), India-China: Trade and Strategy for Frontier Development (2010: Bookwell), Indo-Bangladesh Border Trade: Benefiting from Neighbourhood (2008: Akansha), Indo-Myanmar Border Trade: Status, Problems and Potentials (2005:Akansha), and Border Trade: North East and Neighbouring Countries (2000: Akansha). He has also authored and co-authored research articles published in Strategic Analysis, Journal of Global Marketing, Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science, South Asian Survey, International and Multidisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, Review of Market Integration, International Journal on World peace and International Journal of Public Administration.