Mahavir Singh
Professor Mahavir Singh has been Director/ Counsellor, Indian Cultural Centre, High Commission of India, Suva in the Republic of Fiji Islands.(January 2006-January 2009); Director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India) appointed with the approval of the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister of India. (January 2000- December 2005); Director, Eastern Zonal Culture, Kolkata (Ministry of Culture, Govt.of India -Additional Charge); Professor of History, Centre for Archival Studies, Dept. Of History, Pondicherry (Central) University, Pondicherry, (July 1998 – December 2000); Coordinator of UGC Centre for Nehru Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, 2000; Reader in History, Centre for Archival Studies, Dept. of History, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, (July 1990 – June 1998) and Assistant Archivist, National Archives of India, New Delhi, December 1982 – June 1990. Professor Singh retired as Dean, School of Law, Justice and Governance and Dean, School of Biotechnology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida. Professor Mahavir Singh completed his M.A in Modern Indian History from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 1978 and did a Post – Graduate Diploma in Archives- keeping from National Archives of India, 1979. His M.Phil. dissertation was on the topic “Soviet Perceptions of Indian Political Developments : 1947 – 1955” from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1982 and his Ph. D thesis was on the topic “Soviet View of Indian National Congress” from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 1986. Professor Singh has several publications, both international and national to his credit. Professor Singh has been/is associated with several academic institutions in varied capacity, they include: Secretary-General, Indian Society for Central Asian Studies, New Delhi ; Association of Commonwealth Archives and Records Managers, London; Member of British Scholars Alumni Association, London; Life Member of Indian Association for Canadian Studies, New Delhi, and was local Secretary of XIV International Conference on Canadian Studies ; Member, Indian Historical Records Commission, Govt. of India, New Delhi ; Life Member, Indian History Congress, New Delhi ; Member, Board of Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi(w.e.f.25.01.2012)
Sharmila Mitra Deb
Sharmila Mitra Deb is an Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Loreto College, Kolkata. She received her M.A., B.Ed. and M.Phil degree from the University of Calcutta. She has 28 years of teaching experience and her area of specialization is Indian politics. Her M.Phil dissertation was on The Origin and Develpoment of the Concept, Hindu Rashtra. She has extensive experience in teaching Indian Politics, Comparative Politics and Western Political Thought. She has co-edited a book titled Indian Democracy: Problems and Prospects (Anthem, South Asia).She has been Head of Department from 2003-2008 and 2013-2018; Bursar of the College from 1998-2013; and currently NAAC coordinator. With her wide experience in teaching and administration she is now taking particular interest in quality enhancement in higher education and encouraging youth centric educational programmes. She recently presented a paper on Ethics in Education through Healthy Practices.
Subir Bhaumik
Subir Bhaumik, former BBC’s bureau chief (East-Northeast India), is now senior editor with Dhaka-based bdnews24.com and consultant editor with Myanmar’s Mizzima News. He has worked for Reuters and Time magazine, Press Trust of India and Ananda Bazar group. He has been a Queen Elizabeth House Fellow at Oxford University (1989-90), a Fellow at East-West Center, Washington (2004) and Eurasian-Nets fellow at Frankfurt University (2009). He is the author of Insurgent Crossfire: Northeast India and Troubled Periphery: Crisis of India’s Northeast and has edited Living on the Edge and Counter-Gaze: Media, Migrants, Minorities. He writes regular columns on regional issues and defence and security for leading Indian dailies like Telegraph, Times of India, the Hindu and Economic Times and does special features for BBC and Al Jazeera Online. He is closely associated with the Track 2 Kolkata-Kunming (K2K) process involving Indian and Chinese Border States and is a member of the Calcutta Research Group.
