Md Yasin

Field of Study

Years of Stay at HYI

Aug 2021 to May 2022

University Affiliation (Current)

Md Yasin is a PhD candidate at the Centre for East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His research focuses on the history of China in the United Nations, China’s UN policy and Self-Image. He also submitted his M. Phil in the same centre in 2017 titled “China’s Participation in United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, 2002-16”. In July 2017, he completed a one-month-long BRICS program at Fudan University, Shanghai.  He did his B.A. and M.A. in Chinese language, literature and culture from JNU. He qualified for the University Grants Commission of India’s National Eligibility Test, with a Junior Research Fellowship (2015). Yasin completed his Post Graduate Diploma at Beijing Language and Culture University on a joint scholarship by the Ministry Human Resource Development, India and China Scholarship Council. He taught Chinese at Indian Universities such as Aligarh Muslim University, Apeejay Stya University and Doon University. From September 2018 – July 2020, he was a Visiting Fellow at Central China Normal University (Wuhan) and Peking University. His recent publications have appeared on the websites of the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement (NIICE).

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