Mayuri Banerjee is a Research Analyst with the East Asia Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Her research focus is on India-China relations. She primarily looks at the role of memory and trust in India-China relations after the 1962 war and Indian media perception of China.
Ms. Banerjee completed her M.Phil. from Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, and her dissertation was on “The Politics of Perception: Exploring Memory In India-China Relations in Post-1962 Periodâ€. Currently, she is pursuing PhD at the Department of International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Her doctoral thesis deals with “Remembering 1962 war: War Memory and Trust-Deficit in India-China Relationsâ€.
Her prior professional experience include working as a Research Assistant at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Kolkata. At ORF, she worked on Indian Regional Media’s Perception of China. She has also worked as a Guest Lecturer in Basanti Devi College, Kolkata, and also at the Lincoln University College, Malaysia, virtually.
She received the Indu Bhushan Putatunda and Shanti Shudha Putatunda Memorial Award in 2013 from Jadavpur Alumni Association and Certificate of Merit in Political Science in 2014 from Jadavpur University. She was also a recipient of the prestigious Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF) Masters’ Fellowship in 2015.
Some of her writings have been published as web commentaries in ORF Expert Speak, South Asian Voices (Stimson Centre, USA) and web portals like The Kootneeti.
The manner in which the India–China–United States trilateral dynamics play out will have a significant bearing on the stability and shape of the regional and international order.
The growing insecurity and threat perceptions articulated in the 20th Party Congress Work Report by Chinese President Xi Jinping indicates that Beijing is likely to become more assertive and belligerent in its international dealings.
The year 2022 marks the 60th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian war. Fought over a period of one month, the war is seen as one of the watersheds in the history of India–China relations. Besides creating a considerable dent in bilateral ties, it also led New Delhi to revamp its defence and military infrastructure. Incidentally, in terms of research on China studies in India, the war proved to be a defining moment of transition.