• Dr. Subas Chandra Sethy
• Choudhury Pradosh Ranjan

The geopolitical prominence of Central Asia for India was in no way in doubt in the past and is not in doubt at future. Indian strategic thinking towards Central Asia is considered as a part of its extended and strategic neighborhood. What is of prime importance for India is the stability and security of the region. In a way that is impossible to disentangle linked with India’s concerns in Central Asia for the instability situation in Afghanistan, for the latter is part of the Central Asian geopolitical assemble as it shares boundaries with Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Central Asia’s rich natural resources, including significant reserves of oil, natural gas, hydrocarbon and its location in the center of Eurasia have attracted immense global attention. In the untouched strategic scenario, India seeks to reconnecting policy towards Central Asia in the twenty first century throughout the bilateral to multilateral forum and to play a constructive role in this region. Till now India has a limited presence in the region, Indian policy makers and administrator was attracted towards a cooperative strategy with the bilateral and multilateral presence through the regional and international organization. The presence of major powers in Central Asia constrains India as a latecomer to the region. It also shares the Central Asians own interest that no single power should govern role in this region. However, the interests of the major powers are balanced and Central Asia is not likely to be the showground where these reasonable relations turn in uncompromisingly. In the Indian and Russian perceptions about the future role of China in Central Asia are likely to be coinciding. Though India is highly vigilant about Chinese aims in Central Asia, its more immediate concerns are the stability and security of Central Asian region.

Afghanistan, Geopolitics, SCO, Central Asian Connecting Policy

"India and Central Asia Relation Connecting Policy through the Bilateral forum to Multilateral forum", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no.h551-h559, April-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204776.pdf

"India and Central Asia Relation Connecting Policy through the Bilateral forum to Multilateral forum", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 4, page no. pph551-h559, April-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2204776.pdf