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Chithra Purushothaman

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Archive data: Person was Research Analyst at IDSA
Dr.Chithra Purushothaman is a Research Analyst in the Non-Traditional Security centre, where she joined in April 2017. She holds a PhD from the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), and has an MA in Politics (with specialization in International Relations) and M.Phil in International Politics from the same university. Her PhD thesis is titled “Emerging Powers as Development Assistance Providers: A Comparative Study of Brazil, China and India”. As part of her PhD research, she conducted extensive field study in Brazil during March-April 2015.

Chithra’s research interests are broadly in the areas of international development, foreign aid, emerging powers and their development assistance, South-South Cooperation, Indian foreign policy, economic diplomacy, and energy security. She has presented her research at several national and international conferences, and has several publications in journals and online platforms. Prior to joining IDSA, she was a guest faculty at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has also held research positions at the Centre for Policy Research and MyGov India.

Research Analyst
Email: chithra.purushothaman@gmail.com
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983

Publication

Gas Pipelines—Politics and Rivalries

In 2012, the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its ‘World Energy Outlook’ said that the world was entering a ‘Golden Age of Gas’. With its lower carbon-emitting properties, gas seemed poised to claim its rightful place in the global energy mix as a bridge between polluting hydrocarbons and green renewables. Moreover, it has all the ingredients to make it as worthy a contender in the energy geopolitical game as did oil a few decades ago.

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CPEC in Pakistan’s Quest for Energy Security

In May 2017, some 1,200 delegates from 110 countries, including 29 visiting heads of state and government leaders, gathered in Beijing for China’s biggest diplomatic event, which was held to showcase the Belt and Road Initiative’s (BRI) achievements to date, as well as draft some new ideas. The forum also formalised the US$50 billion China–Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a flagship project of the BRI, projecting it as a game-changer for Pakistan’s economy.

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