Mr. Omkar Bhole

Mr. Omkar Bhole is a Senior Research Associate at the Organisation for Research on China and Asia (ORCA) and the co-convener of ORCA’s Global Conference on New Sinology (GCNS). He has studied Chinese language up to HSK4 and completed Masters in China Studies from Somaiya University, Mumbai. He has previously worked as a Chinese language instructor in Mumbai and Pune. His research interests are India’s neighbourhood policy, China’s foreign policy in South Asia, economic transformation and current dynamics of Chinese economy and its domestic politics. He was previously associated with the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) and What China Reads. He has also presented papers at several conferences on China. Mr. Bhole is currently working on understanding China’s Digital Yuan initiative and its implications for the South Asian region including India.