Faculty Profile

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Dr. Nidhi

ORCID

ORCID ID: 0009-0003-9741-8533

Qualification

Qualification

Year

College/University/Institution

Ph.D. (Geography)

2020

Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.Phil. (Geography)

2014

Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.A. (Geography)

2011

Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University

B.A. (H)(Geography)

2008

Miranda House, University of Delhi

B.Ed.

2009

Maharishi Dayanand University

Past Experience

I have a teaching experience of six years at one of the Delhi government schools, where I taught Social Sciences to secondary classes. I have also been involved in conducting workshops as a Resource Person for subject enrichment of Geography for Delhi government schools’ teachers during these years. I was part of district level ‘Academic Atmosphere Improvement Committee’ for government schools in Delhi.

My Zone / Area of Expertise

Geopolitcs, Critical Geopolitics, Critical Cartography

Awards

  • Qualified University Grant Commission (UGC) National Eligibility Test (NET) in Geography, December 2011 and December 2014.
  • Qualified CSIR (Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research) NET in Earth Sciences, December 2011.
  • Received Travel Grants by International Geographic Union to attend and present paper in International Geographic Union Regional Conference held from 17 August, 2015 to 22 August, 2015 in Moscow, Russia.
  • Received scholarship to attend BRICS summer school 2017, held from July 2017 to August 2017 in Fudan University, Shanghai, China.

Publications

  • Nidhi , “Geopolitics of Transport: China’s Strategy for Resource Access in Central Asia”, Journal of Central Asian Studies, vol. 21 (xxi), 2014
  • Rizvi S.H.A, Aggarwal P. , Batra S. , Nidhi and Singh V., “Assessing Urban Heat Island Intensity and Emissions with CNG in Non-Commercial Vehicles”, Urban Climate, 48, 2023

Seminar / Conferences

  • Participated and presented paper entitled “The legal and Socio Economic Conditions of Tibetan Refugees in Himachal Pradesh” in 5th Annual Conference of the Asian Criminological Society on ‘Access to Justice for the Marginalized in Asia: A Human Rights Perspective’ at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai from April 14-16, 2013, organized by Nodal Centre of Excellence for Human Rights Education, School of Law, Rights and Constitutional Governance, TISS, Mumbai.
  • Participated and presented paper entitled “ Energy Security in South China Sea: China’s Perspective” in International Research Conference on Innovative Strategies in Commerce, Management, Engineering, Technology and Social Sciences held on 23 November, 2013 at Panjim Goa. Organized by Indo Global Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture.
  • Participated and presented paper entitled “Energy Governance: A Road Towards mending energy gaps” in Annual International Studies Convention, School of International Studies held from 22 March to 23 March, 2015 in Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi
  • Participated and presented paper entitles “China’s Geopolitics of Transport to access Central Asia” in International Geographic Union Regional Conference held from 17 August to 22 August, 2015 in Moscow Russia.
  • Attended BRICS Summer School 2017, held from July 2017 to August 2017 in Fudan University, Shanghai, China as a scholarship student.
  • Participated in workshop organized jointly by Institute of Chinese Studies, China Report and Shiv Nadar University on “Preparing Research for Publication” held in July, 2018 at Shiv Nadar University.