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Adarsh Vijay

Madras Christian College

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Adarsh Vijay is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Madras Christian College, Chennai. His teaching portfolio includes International Relations, Comparative Politics, Indian Politics, Research Methodology, Public Administration, and Political Ideologies.

Mr. Vijay is currently a Principal Investigator of a project on blue economy titled “Socio-Economic Impact Assessment of the NIOT’s Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) Technology in Lakshadweep’s Kavaratti and Andrott Islands," funded by the National Institute of Ocean Technology, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.

He is affiliated as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS), a Tri-Services think tank under the Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS), Ministry of Defence, Government of India. In this role, his expertise spans Maritime Security in the Indo-Pacific, India’s Maritime Strategy and Diplomacy (including Paradiplomacy), Civil-Military Relations, Military Change in India, Outer Space Security, Nuclear Deterrence, and World Order.

Mr. Vijay also serves as an Academic Counsellor for the M.A. Political Science programme at the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), contributing to courses on Latin America, Africa, Canada, the European Union, and Australia.

He is also a Mentor under the National Mission for Mentoring (NMM), National Council for Teacher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India.

His research has been published in leading national and international journals, magazines and newspapers, including Astropolitics, Critical Military Studies, Maritime Affairs, The Diplomat and the Imphal Free Press. He also regularly contributes to think tanks such as the National Institute of Advanced Studies (Bengaluru), National Maritime Foundation (a Track 1.5 think tank of the Indian Navy), Mantraya Institute for Strategic Studies (Goa), Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (New Delhi), and the Center for International Relations (Washington, DC). At Mantraya, he is part of projects on "Mapping Terror and Insurgent Networks,” "Organised Crime and Illicit Trafficking” and “ Fragility, Conflict and Peace Building.” Besides, his book chapters have appeared in edited volumes published by Springer Nature (Singapore) and the National Maritime Foundation.

He co-edited the books titled "Quality Education: Mapping the Global Trajectories" (Notion Press, March 2024) and "Climate Action: Navigating the Polycrisis" (Madras Christian College Press, April 2025), the latter featuring two of his co-authored chapters. In addition, he is a co-author of the Political Science textbooks (revised curriculum) for Classes XI and XII published by the State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Government of Tamil Nadu.

At Madras Christian College, Mr. Vijay has served in key administrative units, including the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Placement Cell, and College Union Society. He is also an Associate Member of the National Maritime Foundation, a Life Member of the Indian Sociological Society and a Member at the Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies. Apart from this, Mr. Vijay is part of the Advocacy Network of the DarkSky International (US) focussing on dark sky preservation in India.

Alongside research and teaching, Mr. Vijay has delivered capacity-building training programmes. Notably, he served as the Resource Person for the State Level Training on Professional Development of Postgraduate Political Science Teachers under the Government of Tamil Nadu’s Model Schools initiative. Recently, he was hosted by CENJOWS for the inaugural episode of its Podcast Series in India’s Regional Languages on the topic – “Civil-Military Equation in Pakistan.” He has also offered training sessions for Multinational Corporations such as Hyundai. Mr. Vijay also actively contributes to various academic and policy discourses by serving as Resource Person, and Panellist in national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and discussions across Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), think tanks and schools (particularly, the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan).

Employment

  • Madras Christian College Assistant Professor
    2017 - Present

Education

  • Madras Christian College M.A.
    2015 - 2017

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