Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t72.4

v2.c15.s2.t72.4

Giri played a key role in the development of Chinese studies in India. He was one of the founders of the China Study Group in 1969, which grew into the Institute of Chinese Studies (ICS) in 1990 as an autonomous programme of the CSDS. He was its Director from 1994 to 1997. He was also Founder Editor of the journal ‘China Report’ in 1964 - which started as a bimonthly, becoming a quarterly later. He was its Editor from 1996 until his death in 2000.