The Author: MAHAVIR SINGH(Ed.)

Mahavir Singh, born (1955) at Jiwad, Bharatpur (Rajasthsan), did his graduation and post-graduation from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and obtained his M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. After having worked with the National Archives at New Delhi briefly, he served Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, as Reader (1990-98) and Professor of History (1998-2000) before joining as Director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata in January 2001. A recipient of Commonwealth Senior Academic Staff Fellowship, he was a tVisiting Fellow at the University College London (UCL) in U K during 1995-96.

He has a number of publications to his credit including Soviet View of Indian National Congress (1991); Indians Abroad (2003), co-edited with Prof. S. D. Singh (Brisbane, Australia); Eurasian Vision, Felicitation Volume in Honour of Prof. Devendra Kaushik (2003), co-edited with Prof. Victor Krassilchtchikov (Moscow, Russia); India and Tajikistan: Revitalising a Traditional Friendship (2003) and has also edited four issues of MAKAIAS journal Asia Annual besides contributing several articles to other books and journals.