The Author: MAHAVIR SINGH(Ed.)

Mahavir Singh is presently Director of MAKAIAS. He obtained his M.Phil and Ph.D degrees from the School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. He was Professor of History, at the Pondicherry University, Pondicherry where he was responsible for the Centre for Archival Studies and was also Coordinator for the UGC Centre for Nehruvian Studies. He is member of a number of professional bodies like International Records Management Trust, London, Indian History Congress and Indian Association for Canadian Studies. A recipient of the Commonwealth Sr. Academic Staff Fellowship of the Commonwealth Commission in the UK, he was visiting fellow at the University College, London for academic year 1995-96. He had travelled extensively in the UK and had attended conferences and visited archival organisations in France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Russia, Canada and Nepal. He has two books and a number of research papers published in national and international journals to his credit.