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South Asian Studies Programme, AS7 #04-07

Research Interests

Asian foreign economic policy, interregional economic linkages especially foreign direct investments. Comparative interregional economic growth and development.

Teaching Interests

South and East Asian Foreign Economic Policies, Comparative economic development, Asian interregional economic linkages, South Asian economic development, East / Southeast Asian economic development.

Refereed Journals

• “The State in the Process of Economic Development: The Case in India”
  Asian Studies Review, Vol.18, No.3, April 1995.

• “Singapore-India: A Confluence of National Interests” Asian Studies
  Review, Vol.19, No.2, November 1995.

• “The Dragon Arises: China’s Challenge to India in Software Development,” India Review, Vol.1, No.4, October 2002.

• “A Passage To India”: India-Singapore Collaboration In Ports Development, Asian Studies Review, Vol.27, No.1, March 2003.

• “India and Southeast Asia: Revisited,” Contemporary Southeast Asia,
  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol.25, No.1, April 2003.

• “Singapore – India Tourism Flows,” International Journal of Tourism Research, Vol. 5, No.5, September – October 2003, University of Bournemouth, United Kingdom.

• “Pakistan, SAARC and ASEAN Relations”, Contemporary Southeast
  Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol.26, No.2, August 2004.

• “State Capitalism and Government Linked Companies”, Journal of Asia
  Pacific Business, Vol.6, Issue 1, The Haworth Press Inc, 2005.

• “BIMSTEC and Emerging Patterns of Asian Regional and Inter-Regional
  Cooperation”, Australian Journal of Political Science, Routledge, September 2005. Vol.40, No.3.

• Faizal Yahya, Rodney Sebastian, Ashvin Parameswaran, Inaz Ahmed, “Economic Costs of Tourism in Maldives”, Journal Tourism, Croatia, Vol.53, Issue 2, May 2005.

• Faizal Yahya, Ashvin Parameswaran and Rodney Sebastian, “Tourism and the South Asia Littoral: Voices From the Maldives”, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, Vol.28, No.1, Routledge, December 2005.

• Faizal Yahya, “Challenges of Globalisation: Malaysia and India Engagement”, Contemporary Southeast Asia, ISEAS, Vol. 27, No. 3, December 2005.

• Rodney Sebastian, Ashvin Parameswara and Faizal Yahya, “Doing
  Business in India”, New Zealand Journal of Asian Studies, Vol.8, No.1,
  June 2006.

• Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, "Competition for Foreign Talent in Southeast Asia", Special Issue on Labour Migration in the Asia Pacific Region, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, (forthcoming middle 2009).

• Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, "Indian skilled workers and professional talent in Southeast Asia," in Migration and Security: Political, Social and Economic Contexts of Migration, UNEAC Asia papers, Journal of the University of New England Asia Centre, Nos. 21-28, September 2008.

• “Rise of India as an Information Technology Hub and Challenges to Governance”, South Asia, Journal of South Asian Studies, Routledge, Special Edition, 18 pages,  (forthcoming 2009).

  Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, “Competition for Foreign Talent in Southeast Asia”, Special Issue on Labour Migration in the Asia Pacific Region, Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, (forthcoming middle 2009).

• Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, “Indian skilled workers and professional talent in Southeast Asia,” in Migration and Security: Political, Social and Economic Contexts of Migration, UNEAC Asia papers, Journal of the University of New England Asia Centre, Nos. 21-28, September 2008.

Books / Monographs

• Economic Cooperation between Singapore and India: An Alliance in the Making? Published May 2008, 244 pages, Routledge, United Kingdom.

• New “Temples” of India: Singapore and India Collaboration in Information Technology Parks, Social Sciences in Asia, Brill, Leiden and Boston, 221 pages, Published October 2008.

• Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, The Migration of Indian Human Capital, Routledge, London, 240 pages, (forthcoming 2010).

• Faizal bin Yahya & Arunajeet Kaur, "Indian Media and the Lure of Uniquely Singapore", Derek Heng and Syed Muhd Khairuddin (eds), Reframing Singapore, 17 pages, Amsterdam University Press, Amsterdam (forthcoming 2009).

• “Creating knowledge based economies” in Trade, Labour, and Transformation of community in Asia, Pokrant M. and Michael G. (eds) Palgrave – Macmillan, 20 pages, (forthcoming 2009).

• “Brand India and East Asia”, in sequel for Indian Communities in Southeast Asia entitled Rising India and Indian Communities  in East Asia, pp:130-145, K. Kesavapany, A. Mani and P. Ramasamy (eds),  Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, October 2008.

Chapters in Books

• “India – Singapore Trade Relations: Beyond IT”, in N.N. Vohra (ed), Emerging Asia, Challenges for India and Singapore, Manohar, New Delhi, 2003, pp.73-90.

• “Information Technology and Aspirations of Leap Frogging”, into the First World”, in Victor R. Savage and May Mullins (eds), The Naga Challenged, Marshall Cavendish International, Singapore, 2005.

• “India – Singapore Synergy in Telecommunications”, in Allan Brown, Moazzem Hussain and Duc-Tho Nguyen (eds), Telecommunications Reform in the Asia –pacific Region, Edward Elgar, UK, 2005.

• "India and Southeast Asia: Prospects for Greater Trade and Economic Security," pp.2-39, in V.R. Raghavan (ed), India and ASEAN: Non-Traditional Security Threats, EastWest Books Pvt Ltd, Madras, India, 2007

• Chapter on "Maldives", pp.85-108, in for Regionalism and Trade, South Asian Perspectives 2006, Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), Singapore, January 2007.

• “Brand India and East Asia”, in sequel for Indian Communities in Southeast Asia entitled Rising India and Indians in East Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (forthcoming).

• Creating knowledge based economies” in Trade, Labour, and Transformation of community in Asia,
  Pokrant M. and Michael G. (eds) Palgrave – Macmillan, (forthcoming 2008).

Articles in Encyclopedia

• “Maldives and Overseas Indians”, in Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora, Didier Millet, forthcoming.

Working Papers

• Lead Investigator for “Economic Integration in Singapore Muslim Identity” Project – MUIS/AMP (forthcoming).

Conference Papers

• "India - Singapore Synergy: Telecommunications Expansion in India", paper presented at Third International Conference of Asian Scholars, Singapore, August 2003.

• "Software Technology Parks: India's Economic Powerhouse", paper presented at 18th European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS) Conference, Lund, Sweden, June 2004.

• "Pakistan and ASEAN: Constructive Engagement", paper presented at the Pakistan Workshop 2005, Lake District, England, May 2005.

• "Software Clusters in Indian Cities: Bangalore and Hyderabad", paper presented at NUS - ARI Centennial Conference, 1-3 August 2005, Singapore

• "India and Southeast Asia: Prospects for Greater Trade and Economic Security", Centre for Security Analysis, Chennai, India, 6-7 October 2005.

• "Globalisation and Telecommunications Development: China and India", India Update Conference, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 22 October 2005.

• "Singapore and India Economic Relations", Global Trade, Labour and the Transformation of Community in South and Southeast Asia, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia, 23 October 2005.

• "Brand India in Southeast Asia", Soft Power and Spheres of Influence in South and Southeast Asia, SASP - Upenn Workshop, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 12-14 January 2006.

• "Japan and India Relations: Strategic and Economic Realignment", Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, NUS - Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Dialogue on Asia, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 7 March 2006.

• "Indian Media and the Lure of "Uniquely Singapore", Asia Research Institute Workshop on "Of Asian Origin: Rethinking Tourism in Contemporary Asia", Singapore, 7-9 September 2006.

• "India and Southeast Asia: Implementing the Look East Policy", paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, United States, 19-22 October 2006.

• "Brand India and East Asia", Workshop on Indians in East Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), Singapore, 26-27 October 2006.
  "Education and the Indian Diaspora in Singapore", Mobile City Singapore, ARI, National University of Singapore, 1-2 March 2007.

• Indian Skilled Workers and Professional Talent in Southeast Asia”,  International Conference of Asia Scholars (ICAS 5), KL, Malaysia, 2-5 August 2007.

• “Rise of India as an Information Technology Hub and Challenges to Governance”,
  Conference on Democracy, Development and Civil Society in India,
  The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, September 20-21, 2007 (forthcoming).

• “Gated Communities and India’s Techno-elites”, International Convention of Asian Scholar (ICAS) – 6, Daejeon, South Korea, 6-9 August 2009.

• “Singapore’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Venturing Overseas, Malaysia and Singapore Society 15th Colloquium, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 5-6th December 2008.

• “Economic Challenges and Development of Muslim Communities  In South and East Asian States”, First Symposium of the Muslim Communities  and Minorities in Asia, 4-6 July 2008, Seoul, South Korea.

• Faizal bin Yahya and Arunajeet Kaur, “Competition for Foreign Talent in Southeast Asia”, Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 17th Biennial Conference in Melbourne, Australia, 1-3 July 2008.

• “Between the Asian Giants”, Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 17th Biennial Conference in Melbourne, Australia, 1-3 July 2008.

• “Sikh Businessmen in Singapore”, Sikhs in Multicultural Southeast Asia – Negotiating an Identity, 12-13 May 2008, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.

• “Rise of India as an Information Technology Hub and Challenges to Governance”, Conference on Democracy, Development and Civil Society in India, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, September 20-21, 2007. Published as conference proceedings.