Prof. Alka Acharya (Jawaharlal Nehru University), Ms. Sunaina Bose (Museum of Art and Photography Bengaluru),Ms. Shree Jain (Symbiosis International (Deemed) University, Dr. Sukalpa Chakrabarti (Symbiosis International (Deemed) University), Mr. Rahul Nath Chaudhry (Indian Council of World Affairs), Dr. Pravin Jadhav (Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research and Management), Dr. Malini Tantri (Institute for Social and Economic Change Bengaluru), Dr. Varadurga Bhat (CHRIST Deemed University Bengaluru), Dr. Jabin T. Jacob (Shivnadar University Delhi NCR), Dr G. Venkat Raman (IIM Indore)

In “Turning the Gaze: Understanding the deployment of the ‘Debt trap’ narrative in Western Media”, Ms Sunaina Bose uses the case of Zambia’s national power &utility company - Zesco, to understand how the narrative around Chinese debt has been deployed in popular media. In “The Dualistic Trends of Sinophobia and Sinophilia: Impact on Foreign Policy Towards China”, Ms. Shree Jain & Dr. Sukalpa Chakrabarti provides a correlation between the sentiments of Sinophobia or Sinophilia & the nature of bilateral relations with China. In “Capturing the Growth of Chinese Investment in India”, Rahul Nath Chaudhury & Dr. Pravin Jadhav analyse the growing trade & investment relations between India & China & examine if this relationship has been affected by their deteriorating political association. In “Pollution Intensive Products in India’s Bilateral Trade with China”, Malini Tantri &Dr. Varadurga Bhat analyse the pattern of trade in pollution-intensive products between two emerging economies