Sreemati Chakrabarti Vice-Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies and Professor (Retd.) Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi

Sreemati Chakrabarti has been a Professor of Chinese Studies at the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi. She has also been Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi; Head of the Department of East Asian Studies for three terms and Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies (2009-2012). Currently she is Honorary Fellow and Vice-Chairperson, Institute of Chinese Studies, Delhi. She was a Visiting Faculty at Central China Normal University, Wuhan in 2018.

She has a Master’s degree in Regional Studies- East Asia from Harvard University and holds a Doctorate in Political Science from Columbia University. She has authored three books: China and the Naxalites, Mao, China’s Intellectuals and the Cultural Revolution and a National Book Trust volume titled China. She has also edited Higher Education in China: Select Perspectives and co-edited Taiwan Today. In addition, she has published several articles in journals, magazines and newspapers and contributed chapters in books.

In 2010 she was conferred “India-China Friendship Award” by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.