PROFESSOR AND FORMER DEAN
Ph.D. in South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore
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Indian studies • migration studies • Philippine culture and society • maritime history • Southeast Asian political economy
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Journal Articles
2024. "Examining the Philippines’ infrastructure and connectivity cooperation with China and the European Union." Discover Global Society 2 (56). (Co-authored with Alfred Gerstl).
2024. "Internationalization Rationales and Strategies of Private Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia and the Philippines." Journal of Management and Development Studies 10 (1): 42–59. (Co-authored with Paul Anthony Balagtas).
2022. "Beyond Eating: Theorizing the Trinitas of Food in Southeast Asia." Scientia - The International Journal of the Liberal Arts 11 (2)
2018. "Ayush: Modi's Innovation in Indian Health Systems." The Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development 22 (4): 9–16.
2018. "Challenges to Implementing Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs): Effects on Human Capital Mobility in Southeast Asia." CIFAL Philippines Discussion Paper.
2015. "Migration and Business: A Survey of Indian Communities in the Philippines." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 51 (1): 75–97.
2012. "Capitalizing on Cultural Connections: Indian Influences in the Philippines." Indian-ASEAN Dialogue. Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
2011. "Exploration or Implementation?: The Current State of India’s ‘Look East’ Policy." Foreign Policy Research Centre Journal 8: 86–99.
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Books
2020. Plying the Straits: Batel Mobilities in Central Philippines. Manila: Museo Maritimo, Asian Institute for Maritime Studies.
2020. Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita. Quezon City: Asian Center and Toyota Motor Philippines.
2019. 2018 Philippine Development Report, co-edited with Noel Christian Moratilla. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China.
Book Chapters
2025. "Tranquility and exclusivity: Archipelago tourism after the pandemic in Romblon." Archipelago Tourism Revisited: Core-Periphery Dynamics after the Pandemic, edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Oxon & New York: Routledge.
2024. "Project Temple Run: Development of Hindu-Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuits in Contemporary Southeast Asia." Geopolitical Shifts and Opportunities: New Horizons in India-Southeast Asia Relations, edited by Prabir De and Temjenmeren Ao. Indian Council of World Affairs.
2024. "AOIP-IPOI’s conflux: A Perspective from the Philippines." Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah, eds. India and ASEAN in the Indo Pacific: Pathways and Perils. Singapore: Springer Nature.
2023. "Salmon at Pinoy: Pinagtagpo at Tinadhana sa Kodiak, Alaska." In Banwa at Layag: Antolohiya ng mga Kuwentong Paglalakbay ng mga Pilipino sa Ibayong Dagat, edited by Axle Christien Tugano, 295-298. Ermita, Manila: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan.
2023. "Agusan Tara: The Unfolding of a Pilgrim Circuit in the Philippines." In Connected Histories of India and Southeast Asia: Icons, Narratives, Monuments, edited by Parul Pandya Dhar. Sage Publishing India Pvt Ltd.
2022. "Ocean Renewable Energy: A Conflux of AOIP and IPOI." In ASEAN-India Strengthening Partnership and Post-Pandemic Future, edited by Prabir De and Suthiphand Chirathivat. RIS and KW Publishers, Ltd.
2022. "Treat and Threat: Chinese Financing of Duterte's Build! Build! Build! Programs." In China's Belt and Road Initiative in ASEAN, edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn Rutchatorn, and Anupama Devendrakumar, 359–80. Singapore: World Scientific.
2021. "Ocean Renewable Energy: A Conflux of AOIP and IPOI." In ASEAN-India: Strengthening Partnership and Post-Pandemic Future, edited by Prabir De and Suthiphand Chirathivat, 168–178. New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd.
2020. "Toyota in the Philippines: Pillar of Nation-Building." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 19–28. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "Toyota: A Major Driver of the Philippine Economy." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 63–84. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "Examining Corporate Citizenship in the Context of the Toyota-Asian Center Partnership." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 221. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "The Saga of a Maritime Nation sans Maritime Doctrine." Timon: Proceedings from the Philippine Maritime Heritage Forum, Volume 1, edited by Daryl Lorence P. Abarca, 84–99. Pasay: Museo Maritimo.
2019. "Introduction: Problematizing Philippine Development.” In 2018 Philippine Development Report, edited by Joefe B. Santarita and Noel Christian Moratilla, 1–8. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China (Co-authored with Noel Christian Moratilla).
2019. "Enhancing India-Philippines Cooperation in Culture." In Act East: ASEAN-India Shared Cultural Heritage, 209–222. New Delhi, India: Research and Information System for Developing Countries and ASEAN-India Centre at RIS.
2018. "Panyupayana: The Emergence of Hindu Polities in the Pre-Islamic Philippines." In Cultural and Civilisational Links Between India and Southeast Asia: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions, edited by Shyam Saran, 93–106. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
2018. "Beyond the Indian Ocean: India and its Blue Economy Partnerships in the South China Sea." In ASEAN-India Relations: A New Paradigm, edited by Rumel Dahiya and Udai Bhanu Singh, 110–20. New Delhi: Pentagon Press.
2018. "Old Relations, New Horizons: Reinvigorated Philippine-India Relations, 1992-Present." In Delhi Dialogue IX: Charting the Course for India-ASEAN Relations for the Next 25 Years, edited by Harsh V. Pant, 131–153. Observer Research Foundation.
2017. "Development of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies' Summer School in the Philippines." In Philippine-Iran Relations: 50 Years and Beyond, edited by Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr., 105–114. Quezon City: Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2014. "Growth and Government: The Rise of Information in India and the Philippines Technology Enabled Services’ Centres." In State, Society and Information Technology in Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Faizal bin Yahya, 187–210. Surrey: Ashgate.
2011. "Construction, Negotiation and Reproduction of Identity: The Sikhs in the Philippines." In Sikhs in Multicultural Southeast Asia – Negotiating an Identity, edited by Shamsul AB & Arunajeet Kaur. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
2008. "Contemporary Indian Communities in Western Visayas." In Rising India and Indians in East Asia, edited by A. Mani, P. Ramasamy, and K. Kesavapany. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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ESSAYS
2024. "Unraveling the India-ASEAN Cooperation Paradigm for Non-Traditional Maritime Security Threats." ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) - Commentary 49.
2019. "Philippines and India: Partners in Pharma." Diplomacy and Beyond Plus: A Journal of Foreign Policy and National Affairs 28–30.
2018 (Forthcoming). "Problematizing Progress, Interrogating Development: The Philippines in 2018.” In 2018 Philippine Development Report, edited by Joefe B. Santarita and Noel Christian Moratilla, 19–26. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China. (Co-authored with Noel Christian Moratilla).
REVIEWS
2009. Review of "Gandhian Political Economy: Principles, Practice and Policy" by B.N. Ghosh. Contemporary South Asia 17:2 (June).
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EDUCATION
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Ph.D. South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, 2012
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M.A. in Asian Studies (Southeast Asia), Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2004
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B.A. in History-Community Development, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, 1997
RESEARCH INTERESTS
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Indian studies
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Migration studies
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Philippine culture and society
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Maritime history
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Southeast Asian political economy
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COURSES TAUGHT
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AS 201: Asia in Antiquity
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AS 201A: Modern Asia
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AS 212: Regionalism and Community Building in Asia
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AS 250: Seminar in Southeast Asia
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AS 260: Seminar in South Asia 1
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AS 261: Seminar in South Asia (India)
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AS 254: Special Problems in Southeast Asia
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History 1: Philippine History (University of the Philippines in the Visayas -UPV)
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History 2: Asia and the World (UPV)
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History 154: History of Southeast Asia (UPV)
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PI 100: The Life and Works of Jose Rizal (UPV)
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History 157: History of Russia (UPV)
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A290: Kodiak Maritime History and Culture (University of Alaska-Anchorage-UAA)
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A250: The Rise of Civilization (UAA)
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History 122: East Asian Civilization II (UAA)
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Journal Articles
2024. "Examining the Philippines’ infrastructure and connectivity cooperation with China and the European Union." Discover Global Society 2 (56). (Co-authored with Alfred Gerstl).
2024. "Internationalization Rationales and Strategies of Private Higher Education Institutions in Indonesia and the Philippines." Journal of Management and Development Studies 10 (1): 42–59. (Co-authored with Paul Anthony Balagtas).
2022. "Beyond Eating: Theorizing the Trinitas of Food in Southeast Asia." Scientia - The International Journal of the Liberal Arts 11 (2)
2018. "Ayush: Modi's Innovation in Indian Health Systems." The Philippine Journal of Health Research and Development 22 (4): 9–16.
2018. "Challenges to Implementing Mutual Recognition Arrangements (MRAs): Effects on Human Capital Mobility in Southeast Asia." CIFAL Philippines Discussion Paper.
2015. "Migration and Business: A Survey of Indian Communities in the Philippines." Asian Studies: Journal of Critical Perspectives on Asia 51 (1): 75–97.
2012. "Capitalizing on Cultural Connections: Indian Influences in the Philippines." Indian-ASEAN Dialogue. Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
2011. "Exploration or Implementation?: The Current State of India’s ‘Look East’ Policy." Foreign Policy Research Centre Journal 8: 86–99.
-
Books
2020. Plying the Straits: Batel Mobilities in Central Philippines. Manila: Museo Maritimo, Asian Institute for Maritime Studies.
2020. Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita. Quezon City: Asian Center and Toyota Motor Philippines.
2019. 2018 Philippine Development Report, co-edited with Noel Christian Moratilla. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China.
Book Chapters
2025. "Tranquility and exclusivity: Archipelago tourism after the pandemic in Romblon." Archipelago Tourism Revisited: Core-Periphery Dynamics after the Pandemic, edited by Godfrey Baldacchino. Oxon & New York: Routledge.
2024. "Project Temple Run: Development of Hindu-Buddhist Pilgrimage Circuits in Contemporary Southeast Asia." Geopolitical Shifts and Opportunities: New Horizons in India-Southeast Asia Relations, edited by Prabir De and Temjenmeren Ao. Indian Council of World Affairs.
2024. "AOIP-IPOI’s conflux: A Perspective from the Philippines." Swaran Singh and Reena Marwah, eds. India and ASEAN in the Indo Pacific: Pathways and Perils. Singapore: Springer Nature.
2023. "Salmon at Pinoy: Pinagtagpo at Tinadhana sa Kodiak, Alaska." In Banwa at Layag: Antolohiya ng mga Kuwentong Paglalakbay ng mga Pilipino sa Ibayong Dagat, edited by Axle Christien Tugano, 295-298. Ermita, Manila: Limbagang Pangkasaysayan.
2023. "Agusan Tara: The Unfolding of a Pilgrim Circuit in the Philippines." In Connected Histories of India and Southeast Asia: Icons, Narratives, Monuments, edited by Parul Pandya Dhar. Sage Publishing India Pvt Ltd.
2022. "Ocean Renewable Energy: A Conflux of AOIP and IPOI." In ASEAN-India Strengthening Partnership and Post-Pandemic Future, edited by Prabir De and Suthiphand Chirathivat. RIS and KW Publishers, Ltd.
2022. "Treat and Threat: Chinese Financing of Duterte's Build! Build! Build! Programs." In China's Belt and Road Initiative in ASEAN, edited by Suthiphand Chirathivat, Buddhagarn Rutchatorn, and Anupama Devendrakumar, 359–80. Singapore: World Scientific.
2021. "Ocean Renewable Energy: A Conflux of AOIP and IPOI." In ASEAN-India: Strengthening Partnership and Post-Pandemic Future, edited by Prabir De and Suthiphand Chirathivat, 168–178. New Delhi: KW Publishers Pvt Ltd.
2020. "Toyota in the Philippines: Pillar of Nation-Building." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 19–28. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "Toyota: A Major Driver of the Philippine Economy." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 63–84. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "Examining Corporate Citizenship in the Context of the Toyota-Asian Center Partnership." In Toyota in the Philippines: 30 Years and Beyond in Nation-Building, edited by Joefe B. Santarita, 221. Quezon City: Toyota Philippines and Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2020. "The Saga of a Maritime Nation sans Maritime Doctrine." Timon: Proceedings from the Philippine Maritime Heritage Forum, Volume 1, edited by Daryl Lorence P. Abarca, 84–99. Pasay: Museo Maritimo.
2019. "Introduction: Problematizing Philippine Development.” In 2018 Philippine Development Report, edited by Joefe B. Santarita and Noel Christian Moratilla, 1–8. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China (Co-authored with Noel Christian Moratilla).
2019. "Enhancing India-Philippines Cooperation in Culture." In Act East: ASEAN-India Shared Cultural Heritage, 209–222. New Delhi, India: Research and Information System for Developing Countries and ASEAN-India Centre at RIS.
2018. "Panyupayana: The Emergence of Hindu Polities in the Pre-Islamic Philippines." In Cultural and Civilisational Links Between India and Southeast Asia: Historical and Contemporary Dimensions, edited by Shyam Saran, 93–106. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan.
2018. "Beyond the Indian Ocean: India and its Blue Economy Partnerships in the South China Sea." In ASEAN-India Relations: A New Paradigm, edited by Rumel Dahiya and Udai Bhanu Singh, 110–20. New Delhi: Pentagon Press.
2018. "Old Relations, New Horizons: Reinvigorated Philippine-India Relations, 1992-Present." In Delhi Dialogue IX: Charting the Course for India-ASEAN Relations for the Next 25 Years, edited by Harsh V. Pant, 131–153. Observer Research Foundation.
2017. "Development of the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies' Summer School in the Philippines." In Philippine-Iran Relations: 50 Years and Beyond, edited by Henelito A. Sevilla, Jr., 105–114. Quezon City: Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman.
2014. "Growth and Government: The Rise of Information in India and the Philippines Technology Enabled Services’ Centres." In State, Society and Information Technology in Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Faizal bin Yahya, 187–210. Surrey: Ashgate.
2011. "Construction, Negotiation and Reproduction of Identity: The Sikhs in the Philippines." In Sikhs in Multicultural Southeast Asia – Negotiating an Identity, edited by Shamsul AB & Arunajeet Kaur. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
2008. "Contemporary Indian Communities in Western Visayas." In Rising India and Indians in East Asia, edited by A. Mani, P. Ramasamy, and K. Kesavapany. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies.
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ESSAYS
2024. "Unraveling the India-ASEAN Cooperation Paradigm for Non-Traditional Maritime Security Threats." ASEAN-India Centre (AIC) - Commentary 49.
2019. "Philippines and India: Partners in Pharma." Diplomacy and Beyond Plus: A Journal of Foreign Policy and National Affairs 28–30.
2018 (Forthcoming). "Problematizing Progress, Interrogating Development: The Philippines in 2018.” In 2018 Philippine Development Report, edited by Joefe B. Santarita and Noel Christian Moratilla, 19–26. Hainan: Hainan Normal University, China. (Co-authored with Noel Christian Moratilla).
REVIEWS
2009. Review of "Gandhian Political Economy: Principles, Practice and Policy" by B.N. Ghosh. Contemporary South Asia 17:2 (June).
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EDUCATION
-
-
Ph.D. South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, 2012
-
M.A. in Asian Studies (Southeast Asia), Asian Center, University of the Philippines Diliman, 2004
-
B.A. in History-Community Development, University of the Philippines in the Visayas, 1997
-
RESEARCH INTERESTS
-
-
Indian studies
-
Migration studies
-
Philippine culture and society
-
Maritime history
-
Southeast Asian political economy
-
-
-
COURSES TAUGHT
-
-
AS 201: Asia in Antiquity
-
AS 201A: Modern Asia
-
AS 212: Regionalism and Community Building in Asia
-
AS 250: Seminar in Southeast Asia
-
AS 260: Seminar in South Asia 1
-
AS 261: Seminar in South Asia (India)
-
AS 254: Special Problems in Southeast Asia
-
History 1: Philippine History (University of the Philippines in the Visayas -UPV)
-
History 2: Asia and the World (UPV)
-
History 154: History of Southeast Asia (UPV)
-
PI 100: The Life and Works of Jose Rizal (UPV)
-
History 157: History of Russia (UPV)
-
A290: Kodiak Maritime History and Culture (University of Alaska-Anchorage-UAA)
-
A250: The Rise of Civilization (UAA)
-
History 122: East Asian Civilization II (UAA)
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