Adluri Subramanyam Raju, former Dean of International Relations, is Professor & Head of the Centre for South Asian Studies; Coordinator of UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh Chair & UGC Centre for Maritime Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry. He was the recipient of the Mahbub Ul Haq Award (Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo, 2003), Scholar of Peace Award (WISCOMP, New Delhi, 2002) and Kodikara Award (RCSS, Colombo, 1998). He was a Salzburg Seminar Fellow (2006). He received the National Best Teacher Award from C.V.S. Krishnamurthy Theja Charities, Tirupati, in 2017 and the Best Teacher Award twice from Pondicherry University in 2013 & 2018. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Bandaranaike Centre for International Studies, Colombo, in May 2012. He was a member of the Steering Committee, G 20 University Connect, appointed by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India & Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. He was twice a member of the Third Task Force on Blue Economy, FICCI, New Delhi. He is a Coordinator of the University Connect Programme, appointed by RIS, New Delhi. He is an Honorary Adjunct Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi. He developed an online course (5 credits), India’s Foreign Policy in a Globalizing World, under the Swayam Project, which was introduced in January 2025. He has published 29 books, including edited volumes and 55 articles, delivered about 90 lectures and presented 106 papers at national and international conferences/seminars. His forthcoming publications include Governance and Poverty in South Asia; Emerging India: Maritime Perspective; edited volumes: Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Multidimensional Perspectives; & India and the Multipolar World Order; India: A Rising Power.

Maritime Affairs; South Asia Regional Cooperation; India-Sri Lanka; US-India; India- Southeast Asia; Energy Security; Non-Traditional Security