Surupa Gupta

Professor of Political Science and International Affairs University of Mary Washington

  • Fredericksburg VA

Dr. Gupta is an expert on Indian politics and economics, international political economy, gender and development, and South Asian politics.

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Biography

How are Indian farmers attempting to reshape Indian agricultural policy? How will history look upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi and what long-term impact will he have on India’s economy? How does having an Indian-American vice president affect America’s relations with India?

These are the types of questions that can be answered by Professor of Political Science and International Affairs Surupa Gupta, whose research focuses on Indian foreign economic policy, India’s role in global governance in economic issues, politics of trade liberalization and agricultural policy reform in India.

At the University of Mary Washington, where she is also director of the Women’s and Gender Studies program, Dr. Gupta teaches courses on international political economy, gender and development, and South Asian politics.

Dr. Gupta has recently written and co-edited a special section on India’s foreign policy for the International Studies Perspective. She was an Asian Studies Fellow at the East-West Center in Washington, D.C. during 2015-2016. In addition to numerous articles and book chapters, she is the co-author of The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform in India: Fertilizer and Electricity for Irrigation, along with Regina Birner and Neeru Sharma, published in 2011 by the International Food Policy Research Institute.

Areas of Expertise

Indian Politics and Economics
International Political Economy
Politics of Economic Development
South Asian Politics
Global Economic Governance

Accomplishments

Research Grant

2005-2006; International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C.

Asia Studies Fellow

2015-2016; East-West Center, Washington, D.C.

Education

University of Southern California

Ph.D.

International Relations

2002

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

M.A.

International Relations

1991

Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

B.A. (Honors)

Economics

1988

Media Appearances

What does the Adani Group's crash mean for India's economy?

NPR  online

2023-02-10

"This is the last thing India needed. If you are looking for foreign investment, then you also want to signal that the policies framework in the country is strong," said Surupa Gupta.

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India's economy has outpaced Pakistan's handily since Partition in 1947 – politics explains why

Times Union; The Herald Press; Peru Tribune; Chronicle Tribune; The Times  online

2022-09-20

(THE CONVERSATION) India and Pakistan inherited the same economic legacy of underinvestment and neglect from Britain when they became independent states following the Partition on Aug. 15, 1947.

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The Heat: Global leaders agree on a 15% minimum corporate tax

CGTN America  online

2021-07-15

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Research Related

Professor Gupta has presented her research at various international conferences and has been invited to present her research in countries including Brazil, Denmark, Germany, India and South Africa.  

2021-04-06

Articles

Indian Foreign Policy Under Modi: A New Brand or Just Repackaging?

International Studies Perspectives

Surupa Gupta, Rani D Mullen, Rajesh Basrur, Ian Hall, Nicolas Blarel, Manjeet S Pardesi, Sumit Ganguly

2018-08-08

This forum comes from a 2016 panel at the annual meeting of the International Studies Association. The forum participants offered mid-term assessments of the foreign policy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This forum considers whether Modi heralded in a new era in Indian foreign policy, or whether Modi's policies just repackaged older policies. The authors in this forum answer these questions by focusing on a range of issues from the role of religion to economic issues, to the relations between India and major foreign partners.

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Agriculture and its Discontents: Coalitional Politics at the WTO with Special Reference to India's Food Security Interests

International Negotiations, Vol 21, 2016

J.P. Singh and Surupa Gupta

2016-06-02

The demise of the Doha round of trade negotiations is often attributed to deadlocks in agricultural negotiations between the developed and the developing world. Why has agriculture been so difficult to negotiate? This article explains North-South agricultural negotiations through the lens of coalition politics, especially the shift from bloc to issue-based diplomacy from the developing world.

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India and RCEP: challenges and opportunities of opening up the farm/food sector

Oxford University Press

Surupa Gupta

Chapter in Sumit Ganguly and Karen Stoll Farrell (eds.)
Heading East: Security, Trade, and Environment between India and Southeast Asia

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