Research Activities

The current research focus of the Centre includes India's Africa Policy, Emerging Powers and Africa, Indian Diaspora in Africa and African Diaspora in India and India's Energy Security Issues and Africa, Issues of Governance and Democracy in Africa and the Indian Ocean region.

It includes the following topics:

• Trade and Investment in Agri Business in Select West African Countries.

• Foreign Direct Investment A Driving Force of Economic Growth: India's FDI Role in Ethiopia's Economic Growth.

• Resource Diplomacy of India and China in Africa: Investigating Energy and Food Security.

• Role of Defense Diplomacy in Enhancing Co Operation between India and East Africa.

• Changing Geo - Strategic Importance of the Indian Ocean: Challenges and Opportunities of the African Countries.

• India and China's Engagement in Africa.

• Gandhi, The Press and The Making of Mahatma (1983 - 1914) : The South African Context.

• South Africa in International Affairs - The Post Apartheid Era.

• Issues in Health Governance and Medical Tourism of Africans to India.

• India's Role in U.N. Peace Keeping in Africa: Case Study of Democratic Republic & Congo (DRC).

• The Development and Acquisition of Nuclear Power in Nigeria: Implications for National Defense Strategy and Foreign Policy in the Twenty First Century.

• Infrastructural Constraints on Agricultural Development in Sudan.

• Security with a New Perspective: The Case of Southern African Development Community (SADC) and South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC).

• India - South Africa Relations: Special Reference to IBSA & BRICS.

• India's Relations with East Africa: A Case Study of Mauritius and Tanzania.

• Indians in Uganda: A Saga of Achievements and Adversity.

• Female Circumcision/Female Genital Mutilation in Africa: A Case Study of Ethiopia.

• Indian Diaspora in East Africa and Francophone Africa.

• India's Trade and Investment with African Countries: Special Reference to Nigeria.

• India - Kenya Trade Relations in Post - Independence Era (2002 - 2012).

• Political Development and Media in South African in the Post - Apartheid Period.

• African National Congress (ANC) and Nation Building in South Africa: The Post Apartheid Era.

• Food Security and the Role of Emerging Powers in Africa

Working Papers

• The Kenyan Crisis: Post December 2007 Elections Working Paper 1
• Inter-Cultural Diffusion and The Evolution of the "WEST/AFRICAN' IDENTITY: The perspective of James Ene Henshaw Working Paper 2
• Inverted Development and Oil Producers in sub-Saharan Africa: a Study Working Paper 3
• Small Arms and Drug Trafficking In the Indian Ocean Region Working Paper 4
• India and Africa Unique Historical Bonds and Present Prospects, with Special Reference to Kutchis in Zanzibar Working Paper 5
• Governance Crisis and Conflict in the Democratic Republic of CongoWorking Paper 6
• The African Union and Its Initiatives for Unity, Development and Peace in Africa Working Paper 7
• The Challenges of Urban Growth in West Africa: The Case of Dakar, Senegal Working Paper 8
• Ability in Disability: The Empowerment of the Disabled in J.M.Coetzee's Life and Times of Michael K Working Paper 9
• European Slave Routes in the Indian Ocean Working paper 10
• Africa and its ?Outsiders?: Nationalism, Race, and the Problem of the Indian Diaspora in African History Working Paper No.11
• Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) Proliferation and Instability in the Niger Delta: An Analysis of the Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Process. Working Paper No.12