Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t68.6

v2.c15.s2.t68.6

Tan Chung was one of the founders of the China Study Group in 1969, which grew into the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) in 1990. He has been an Honourary Fellow and Co-Chairperson of ICS and an Emeritus Fellow since 2002. From 1990 to 1999, Tan Chung was Professor-Consultant and Head of the East Asia Section at the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi. After moving to Chicago in 1999 he became Academic Associate at the Center for East Asian Studies of the University of Chicago. Tan Chung has been a prominent advocate of the geo-civilisational concept of ‘Chindia’.