The 'Centre for China Analysis and Strategy' (CCAS) is an independent, non-profit and apolitical organization established initially for the objective study, research and analysis of developments relating to contemporary China and Tibet. It will focus on China's internal developments and politics, China's economy, China's armed forces, China's foreign and strategic policies and China's scientific and technological establishment.
The CCAS bases its studies primarily on material and reports in the Chinese and Tibetan languages. These are supplemented with inputs from other specialised published works, meetings with Chinese, Tibetan and other experts in India and abroad, and conferences and seminars related to China and Tibet. Such specialised study of contemporary China and Tibet that will be done by the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy (CCAS) is presently being done by probably no other institute in India and only a few others abroad.
It is expected that its reports, many of which will be specialised, will attract the attention of policy and decision makers in Government, politics and business and, in due course, help shape government policy on China and Tibet. It hopes to invite the attention of persons interested in foreign and strategic affairs and scholars of China and Tibet. The Centre for China Analysis and Strategy hopes to provide a useful and unique service to the public and the Government of India.
Mr Jayadeva Ranade, the Founding Trustee and President of the CCAS is a person well versed in the study and analysis of China for over thirty years and has studied Mandarin in the JNU, Delhi and University of Hongkong. He has prepared reports and briefs for the highest levels in the Government and is presently a Member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB).
The CCAS will draw on the expertise and knowledge of persons with specialist knowledge of China and/or related subjects in its Council of Advisors. This Council includes personages like Mr Tarun Das (President, Aspen Institute India); Mr Shyam Saran (former Foreign Secretary, Special Envoy to the Prime Minister and presently Chairman of the NSAB); Mr Kiran Karnik (former Chairman, NASSCOM); Mr Ajai Vikram Singh IAS (Retd), (former Union Defence Secretary); Prof Srikanth Kondapalli (Head of East Asian Division, JNU); and Prof Ms MadhuBhalla (Professor, Chinese Studies, Department of East Asian Studies, DU).
The CCAS includes among its objectives the development of interest among students of international relations in the study of China; grooming of China analysts; and promoting a real understanding about China among the Indian people.
