India was one of two largest purchasers of Russia’s oil. In keeping with the two countries decades old friendship. With U.S. sanctions this week on the 2 largest Russian oil producers the Indian role is in a very tough place: support the old relationship and succumb to America’s sanctions or cut off the purchase of Russian oil and turn its back on an old friendship that has always stood by India. What does this mean for the U.S.-India defense relationship, the Quad partnership, and growing trade with the U.S.? Wither India?

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Dr. Sriparna Pathak
Professor and Associate Dean of Careers

Dr. Sriparna Pathak is a Professor of China Studies, and the founding Director of the Centre for Northeast Asian Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University, (JGU) Haryana, India. She also serves in the capacity of the Associate Director of the Jindal India Institute. She teaches courses on Foreign Policy of China as well as Theories of International Relations. In 2022, she published a book titled ‘Drifts and Dynamics: Russia’s Ukraine War and Northeast Asia. Her previous work experience covers Universities like Gauhati University, Don Bosco University; the Ministry of External Affairs, where she worked as a Consultant for the Policy Planning and Research Division, working on China’s domestic and foreign polices; think tanks like Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and Kolkata respectively,  and the Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research in New Delhi. 
Dr. Pathak is fluent in English, Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, Bengali and Assamese. 

Professor Pathak is also associated with Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab, as a regional partner, and works on tracking China’s influence operations. She has also been invited by the European Union’s External Action Services for multiple workshops on tracking foreign information manipulation and interference. She is a recipient of the prestigious CITW Community Fund from Taipei’s Doublethink Lab. She has also been a recipient of the prestigious joint fellowship from India’s Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and the China Scholarship Council for studying an advanced level of Mandarin and for research in Beijing, People’s Republic of China between 2011-2013.