Uttam Kumar Sinha

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Uttam Kumar Sinha is a leading scholar and commentator on transboundary rivers, climate change and the Arctic. He was Co-Chair of the Think-20 Task Force on ‘Accelerating SDGs: Exploring New Pathways to the 2030 Agenda’ during India’s G20 Presidency.

After a brief stint in the print media and a doctoral degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, he joined the MP-IDSA in 2001, where he coordinates the Non-Traditional Security Centre and is the Managing Editor of Strategic Analysis published by Routledge, the institute’s flagship journal.

He is a recipient of many fellowships and leadership programmes including senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (2018-2020); US-South Asia Leader Engagement Programme at the Harvard Kennedy School (2015); Chevening ‘Gurukul’ leadership at the London School of Economics and Political Science (2008) and a visiting fellow at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (2006).

His recently published work is BBIN Sub-Region: Perspectives on Climate-water-Energy Nexus (Pentagon Press, 2023)Indus Basin Interrupted: A History of Territory and Politics from Alexander to Nehru (Penguin, 2021). His other works include the Riverine Neighbourhood: Hydro-politics in South Asia (Pentagon Press, 2016) and Climate Change Narratives: Reading the Arctic (2014). His edited and co-edited volumes include Modi: Shaping a Global Order in Flux (Wisdom Tree, 2023); MODI 2.0: A Resolve To Secure India (Pentagon Press, 2021); The Modi Doctrine: New Paradigms in India’s Foreign Policy (Wisdom Tree, 2016); Non-Traditional Security Challenges in Asia: Approaches and Responses (Routledge, 2015); Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy (Routledge, 2015) and Emerging Strategic Trends in Asia (Pentagon Press, 2015).

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  • Email:uksinha2001[at]gmail[dot]com
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Publication

प्रधानमंत्री मोदी ने अहम बात कही कि अब दोनों देश सह-उत्पादन एवं सह-विकास की ओर उन्मुख हो रहे हैं.

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s article on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to India has been published in Hindi Daily ‘Prabhat Khabar’ on December 09, 2021.

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  • Published: 9 December, 2021

COP 26: India’s Climate Actions Speak Louder Than Pledges

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha’s commentary ‘COP 26: India’s Climate Actions Speak Louder Than Pledges’ has been published in The Nationalist on November 25, 2021.

The developed world has to wake up and realise that a one-solution-suits-all-approach is not the best way forward in meeting climate challenges rather encouraging alternate successful approaches, as India has demonstrated, while providing finance and technology to support their commitments is the path, which unfortunately the developed world has failed to take, says Dr. Sinha.

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  • Published: 25 November, 2021

Prospects for India–Russia Cooperation in the Arctic

Given India–Russia longstanding relationship and formal mechanisms of cooperation, the Arctic brings new opportunities. From joint oil and gas development projects to connectivity via shipping and fibre optic routes, the Arctic offers untold opportunities for joint investments and partnerships. It is time India and Russia explored new areas of mutual benefit in the Arctic.

Climate Crisis: Why India Must Focus on Adaptation

Research Fellow, MP-IDSA, Dr. Uttam Sinha's co-authored opinion 'Climate Crisis: Why India must focus on adaptation' was published in Hindustan Times, on October 19, 2021.

The local development plans at the block and panchayat levels need to focus on developing climate-resilient systems, livelihoods, and assets, both public and private, says Dr. Sinha.

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  • Published: 19 October, 2021

Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Climate Change

Research Fellow, MP-IDSA Dr. Uttam Sinha's chapter 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat and Climate Change' has been published in the volume Aatmannirbhar Bharat: A Vibrant and Strong India by S. Gurumurthy and Arvind Gupta (Aryan Publishers, New Delhi), with a message by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  • Published: 1 September, 2021

Devise a New Water Governance Plan to Deal with the Future of the Indus Basin

An opinion piece by Dr. Uttam Sinha, Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, titled ‘Devise a new water governance plan to deal with the future of the Indus basin’ has been published in ‘The Hindustan Times’, on August 25, 2021.

The Permanent Indus Commission that meets every year to settle differences over IWT is an excellent mechanism to raise concerns over water efficiency, ecological integrity and sustainability in the backdrop of the climate crisis. A new water governance framework will be required to deal with the uncertain future of the Indus basin, says Dr. Sinha.

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  • Published: 25 August, 2021