Ajay Kumar Dubey is currently Professor of School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He is former Rector (Pro-Vice-Chancellor) of JNU. He is founding Chairperson of National Security Studies at JNU. He headed Institute of Advanced Studies and Energy Studies programme at JNU. He has more than three decades of post graduate teaching and research experience. He published 10 books to his credit along with several dozen research papers published in research journals of international repute. He is the Editor in Chief of three international research journals, Africa Review and Diaspora Studies (by Brill Publications) and Insight on Africa (by Sage Publications). He is currently the President of African Studies Association of India (ASA India), and President of Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI International). His areas of interest are International Relations, African Affairs, Diaspora Studies, International Migration, Indo-African Relations, Development Issues and Political Science.
Dr. Sushmita Rajwar is currently working as Associate Professor, at School of International Studies. She has formerly worked as Associate Professor, Department of Politics & Governance, Central University of Kashmir and as Assistant Professor at Department of Political Science, Maharaja Agrasen College, University of Delhi. She has completed her Ph.D from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research interest beside other areas include Indian Diaspora in Africa and Global Indian Diaspora. She has been an active member of Organisation for Diaspora Initiatives (ODI), an international network of higher academics which publishes international journal Diaspora Studies (Brill Publication, Netherlands) She has published several papers and presented papers in many conferences and workshops in India and abroad on topics related to Indian Diaspora in Africa and Indian Diaspora globally.
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