Dr Gaur is Assistant Professor at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). Her areas of interest are international trade, including multilateralism and regionalism. Recent work covers different forms of trade agreements— bilateral, regional, trans-regional agreements or Mega-Regional trade agreements. She is also working on Blue Economy, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG), and Maritime Issues. She has also participated as a member of the Indian team for the India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Partnership Agreement (CECPA) Joint Study Group (JSG) Report Meeting, 2017-18. She has published in various international journals. She has also contributed to various publications including Discussion Papers, Policy Briefs, Reports, and chapters in edited books. She has been writing on issues related to Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), EU and Latin American and Caribbean, BIMSTEC, South Asia, etc. She has also contributed to preliminary studies for the National Maritime Policy and Blue Economy Policy of India. She has obtained her PhD from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

List of Publications:

Gaur, P. (2021). Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) A Trade Agreement among Equals?. Journal of Asia Pacific Studies, 6(3).

Mohanty, S.K., and Gaur, P. (2021). Fisheries Subsidy Issues before the MC12: Lessons from the May Text for July Meeting. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). RIS Discussion Paper Series, Discussion Paper #264.

Gaur, P. (2020). India’s Withdrawal from RCEP: Neutralising National Trade Concerns. Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy. Taylor and Francis Group (Online). https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13547860.2020.1809772

Mohanty, S.K., Gaur, P., Fernandez, S. and Sikri, U. (2019). India’s Engagement with LAC: Strategy for Trade and Investment. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI), Government of India. New Delhi. https://www.ris.org.in/india’s-economic-engagement-lac-strategy-trade-and-investment

Mohanty, S. K. and Gaur, P. (2018). SDG-14 and Blue Economy: Challenges of Sustainable use of Oceans. Blue Economy Forum, Policy Brief No.5. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi.

Mohanty, S. K. and Gaur, P. (2017). SDG-14: Sustainable Development Pathways to Manage Ocean Wealth in Syed Munir Khasru Towards Sustainable Development Lessons from MDGs & Pathways for SDGs. The Institute for Policy, Advocacy, and Governance (IPAG), Bangladesh, October. (ISBN: 9789843429254). https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0771DMDJD

Mohanty, S. K. and Gaur, P. (2017). Blue Economy, Ocean Development and SDG-14: Implication for Marine Ecosystem. Blue Economy Forum, Policy Brief No.2. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. https://www.ris.org.in/blueeconomyforum/sites/default/files/2.pdf

Mohanty, S.K., Dash, P., Gupta, A. and Gaur, P. (2015). Prospects of Blue Economy in the Indian Ocean. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. https://www.ris.org.in/blueeconomyforum/sites/default/files/Publication%20File/Final_Blue_Economy_Report_2015-Website.pdf

Other Academic Contribution:

World Trade and Development Report (2021). Trade, Technology and Institutions: WTO @25: The Way Forward. Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. https://www.ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/WTDR%202021%20Report.pdf

India-EU Connectivity: Partnership for Development, Demand and Democracy. (2021). Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. https://www.ris.org.in/sites/default/files/Publication/India%20EU%20Connectivity%20Report-26%20October-FINAL-min_1.pdf

National Accounting Framework for Blue Economy and Ocean Governance (2019). Blue Economy Working Group 1 Report. Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM). New Delhi. https://eacpm.gov.in/index.php/reports-papers/eac-reports-papers/

Manufacturing, emerging industries, trade, technology, services and skill development in Blue Economy (2019). Blue Economy Working Group 4 Report. Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister (EAC-PM). New Delhi. https://eacpm.gov.in/index.php/reports-papers/eac-reports-papers/

Maritime Infrastructure, National Maritime Policy. (2018). Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) and NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

Maritime Commerce, National Maritime Policy. (2018). Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. and NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

Maritime Technology, National Maritime Policy. (2018). Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS). New Delhi. and NITI Aayog, New Delhi.

Email ID: pankuri.gaur@ris.org.in