PH.D-CANDIDATE Abhigyan Guha

Education

• 2024 to date: PhD candidate at the Chair of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany.
• 2019-2021: Master of Arts (M.A.) in Political Science with International Relations, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, India.
• 2016-2019: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) with Honors in Political Science, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, India. 

Awards and Achievements

• Prize for the best paper for the presentation on: Beyond Axiological Paradox: An Epistemological Re-Examination of the Marxian Perspective on Human Rights”, at a one-day international interdisciplinary webinar on ”DEMOCRACY, EDUCATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS DISCOURSES: DEBATES AND DILEMMAS, 5. November 2022, Department of Political Science, Muralidhar Girls' College & SPARSH (Society for Promotion of Activities for Social and Human Development), New Delhi and Kolkata, India.
• Best Paper Presentation Award for the paper on “Decrypting the Chinese Cyberspace Menace: Emerging Dynamics of India's Cybersecurity Challenges in an Age of Grey-Zone Warfare”, at IIRF Webinar on Grey-Zone Warfare, December 9, 2021, Indus International Research Foundation.
• Indu Bhusan Putatunda & Shanti Sudha Putatunda Memorial Award 2018 in the form of a Gold Medal for the highest marks in the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University. 
• Achieved highest marks in 1st year 1st semester, 2nd year 1st semester, 2nd year 2nd semester, 3rd year 1st semester in Bachelor of Arts Political Science Honours Examination during 2017-2018, Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University.
• Represented India in the field of Theater and Performing Arts as a Cultural Ambassador at World Performing Arts Festival, Lahore, Pakistan and at Biennale Bonn, Bonn, Germany through Spandan: Docu Theatre Group.
• He has been associated with Spandan for more than a decade and has performed globally and nationally, from the National School of Drama's (NSD) Bharat Rang Mahotsav in New Delhi to Deutsche Welle Radio.

Certificates

• University of London and SOAS University of London x Coursera: Understanding Research Methods - June 24, 2023 (Grade achieved: 100%)
• University of Copenhagen x Coursera: The Sustainable Development Goals - A Global, Transdisciplinary Vision for the Future - September 10, 2020 (Grade achieved: 100.00%)
• Yale University x Coursera: Moral Foundations of Politics - July 26, 2020 (Grade achieved: 98.30%)
• University of London x Coursera: Global Diplomacy - Diplomacy in the Modern World - July 21, 2020 (Grade achieved: 100.00%) 
   

CV Abhigyan Guha

Peer-Review-Journals

• Guha, A. (2023) ‘Beyond the Epistemological Vagaries of Gender in Critical Geopolitics: Navigating the Feminist Foreign Policy Odyssey’, PostScriptum: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Literary Studies, Special Issue on: “The Geography of Gender: Place, Space and Contexts”, Vol. VIII, No. I, January 2023 Issue, pp. 78-90, ISSN: 2456-7507.

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• Guha, A. (2022) ‘Decoding the Paralysis of the De Facto Liberal International Order: Is Plurilateralism the Way Forward?’, TRIVIUM: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities of Chandernagore College, Vol. 6, No. 1, Issue 10, pp. 72-91, ISSN: 2583-0422, E-ISSN: 2583-0120. 

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• Guha, A. (2022) ‘Untangling India’s Non-Traditional Security Challenge of Climate Change: Is Soft Power Diplomacy a Panacea for Anthropocentric Abuses?’, Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies, Vol. 3, Issue 1, April-May 2022, pp. 66-86, ISSN (Online): 2582-9645. DOI URL: 

  https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2022.3105

• Guha, A. (2021) ‘Re-Contextualizing India in the Indo-Pacific: Decrypting the Evolution, Emerging Dynamics, and Navigating the Way Forward in a Post-Pandemic International System’, Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic Studies, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Dec 2021-Jan 2022, pp. 353-375, ISSN (Online): 2582-9645. DOI URL: 

  https://doi.org/10.47362/EJSSS.2021.2305&nbsp

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• Guha, A. (2021) ‘Deconstructing the New Normal: An Eclectic Account of the Strategic, Geopolitical, Security Architecture of the Post-Pandemic World Order’, Social Science Researcher: A Peer Reviewed Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 1, March 2021, pp. 6-19, ISSN: 2319-8362.
• Guha, A. (2020) ‘Reimagining the Geopolitical Landscape: Halfway House between Post-Pandemic Perestroika and Conformity from India’s Perspective’, TRIVIUM: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Humanities of Chandernagore College, Vol. 4, No. 2, Issue 7, pp. 1-16, ISSN: 2583-0422, E-ISSN: 2583-0120. 

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Book Chapters in Edited Volumes

• Guha, A. (2025) ‘Deprivation, Defencelessness, Elusive Human Rights: Canvassing the Chronicle and Impact of Political Violence on the Children of West Bengal, India’ in Tshabangu, I. and Aluko, O. (ed.) Global Perspectives on Violence Impacting Children and Youth: Trends, Dimensions and Prospects, Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK (Forthcoming).
• Guha, A. (2025) ‘Vagaries of India-China Cyber Quagmire: Mapping India’s Quest for Cyber Deterrence’ in Kaunert, C. and Stoddart, K. (ed.) Hybrid Warfare Resilience in the West, Marine Corps University Press: Quantico, Virginia, USA (In Press).
• Guha, A. (2025) ‘Pursuit of Blue Economy: Dissecting the Vagaries of India-Bangladesh Maritime Cooperation’ in Vidanage, H. and Jaiswal, P. (ed.) Small States in South Asia: Power Rivalries, Pandemic Politics and Security Aspirations, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (Forthcoming).
• Guha, A. (2024) ‘Nation and Migrant Workers in Keynesian Tailspin: Deconstructing the Multidimensionality of Post-COVID Humanitarian Catastrophe’ in Ray Chowdhury Dutt, P. (ed.) Vulnerable Groups and Human Rights, R.P. Publishing House: New Delhi, India (Forthcoming).
• Guha, A. (2023) ‘Re-Assessing the India-EU Collaborative Canvas: Vagaries of Data Protection, Regulation and Navigating the Way Forward’ in Sharma, S. (ed.) Institutions, Practices and Digital Transformation in India and Europe, Associated Publishing House: Agra, India (Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union), pp. 75-90, ISBN: 978-93-81778-21-0.
• Guha, A. (2023) ‘Rohingyas, Hyper-Securitization and Paradox of State-Based Protection’ in Mahendru, V. and Jaiswal, P. (ed.) Recentring the Global South in Migration Studies, Adroit Publishers: New Delhi, India, pp. 145-161, ISBN: 978-81-956542-8-4.
• Guha, A. (2023) ‘Decrypting the Vicissitudes of Sino-Indian Bilateral Relations: Changing Geopolitical Dynamics and the Indo-Pacific Odyssey’ in Nandi, A. and Roy, R (ed.) An Anthology of Socio-Political Issues: Some Insights on Critical Thinking, Atlantic Publishers and Distributors Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi, India, pp. 260-278, ISBN: 978-81-269-3835-3.
• Guha, A. (2022) ‘Dissecting the Emerging Dynamics of the India-European Union Engagement in the Indo-Pacific Geopolitical Theater: Anatomization of the Contemporary Trends in a Fragmented World Order’ in Sharma, S. and Sukula, S.K. (ed.) Cyberspace, Energy & Information Practices: Footprints and Strategic Trends in India and Europe, Ess Ess Publications: New Delhi, India (Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union), pp. 1-23, ISBN: 978-93-92594-04-5.
• Guha, A. (2022) ‘Dialectical Interplay of Perestroika and Conformity: Unscrambling the Post-Covid Geopolitical Alphabet from India’s Perspective’ in Behera, B. and Ghosh, B. (ed.) South Asia and Covid-19: Challenges and Way Out, Kunal Books: New Delhi, India, pp. 20-36, ISBN: 978-93-91908-62-1.

Online Articles und Opinion Pieces

• ‘Navigating the Way Forward for the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue in the Indo-Pacific Theatre’, IAIS, 7th October 2021. 

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• ‘Wolf-Warrior Diplomacy and its Bleak Global Ramifications in an Age of Fractured Geopolitics’, Khabarhub.com, 29th September 2021. 

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• ‘Decoding the Post-Pandemic Geopolitical Jigsaw Puzzle: A Macroscopic Insight from an Indian Perspective’, NIICE Nepal, 10th September 2020. 

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