Dr. Amal Pullarkkattu

Dr. Amal Pullarkkat is an Assistant Professor at the School of International Relations and Politics at Mahatma Gandhi University. He holds a Ph.D. from the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies at the School of International Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Prior to this appointment

His expertise in the post-Soviet studies led to the award of the prestigious European Commission’s Erasmus Plus Scholarship, affording him the opportunity to engage in dedicated research at Lithuania’s Kaunas University of Technology. His doctoral thesis is on the pervasive influence of the Soviet era on the ideological and cultural fabric of Kerala, India. His publications includes analysis on the debate concerning Nationalism and Self-determination by the figures such as Rosa Luxemburg and Vladimir Lenin, the life and contributions of C. Keshavan, the historical dynamics of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and post Soviet democratisation of Baltic States