Manish

Manish is Professor and Dean , School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He has earlier (March 2001- Dec. 2005) served as Associate Fellow with the prestigious New Delhi-based defence think tank, the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and an Officer on Special Duty (Dec. 2005 - March 2012) with the Government of India. From March 2012 until October 2017, he was Head, Department of the International Relations, Sikkim...See more

Manish is Professor and Dean , School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat, Gandhinagar. He has earlier (March 2001- Dec. 2005) served as Associate Fellow with the prestigious New Delhi-based defence think tank, the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA) and an Officer on Special Duty (Dec. 2005 - March 2012) with the Government of India. From March 2012 until October 2017, he was Head, Department of the International Relations, Sikkim University, Gangtok. At Sikkim University , Manish was also instrumental in setting up Maulana Azad Centre for North East Studies, with a research focus on India`s North East. The Centre published a magazine, titled Bodhi, under his editorship. He also holds various honorary positions: Advisory Board Member, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Policy Research and International Studies at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; Visiting Faculty, Naval War College Goa; Board of Studies of the School of Foreign Affairs , Languages and Political Economy, Rashtriya Raksha Shakti University, Gujarat to mention few. Manish is a M.A., M. Phil. and Ph. D. from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His areas of interest include foreign policy & strategic security aspects. He has supervised various M.Phils and Ph.Ds. He is widely travelled and has several publications, including a book titled Jihadis in Jammu & Kashmir: A Portrait Gallery published by Sage. See less