A PUBLICATION OF THE RESEARCH CENTRE FOR EASTERN AND
NORTH EASTERN REGIONAL STUDIES, KOLKATA

A University Grants Commission Approved Journal
(under UGC-CARE, Arts & Humanities Citation Index)
ISSN 2582-2241

EDITORIAL BOARD

CHAIRMAN

Sitaram Sharma

Honorary Consul-General of Belarus in Calcutta;
Director, Asia-Pacific Regional Office, World Federation of United Nations Associations;
and former Chairman, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Calcutta

 

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Harish C. Mehta

PhD, Department of History, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada;
former Lecturer, McMaster, University of Toronto, and Trent University;
and former Senior Indochina Correspondent, The Business Times of Singapore

 

EDITORS

Jayanta Kumar Ray

PhD, National Research Professor, Ministry of Human Resource Development,
Government of India;
Honorary Adviser, Centre for Research in Indo-Bangladesh Relations, Calcutta;
and Honorary Professor, Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, Calcutta University

Aniruddha Lahiri

BSc Hons, BTech, Indian Institute of Technology;
former Director, Hindustan Lever; and Senior Vice President, Unilever/Entrepreneur

Surendra Munshi

Dr. Soz. Wiss.; Former Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta;
and Member, Programme Council, Forum 2000 Foundation, Prague

 

DEFENCE AND SECURITY CONSULTANTS

John Ranjan Mukherjee

Lieutenant-General (Retired), PVSM, AVSM, VSM;
former General Officer Commanding Kashmir (15 Corps),
and Chief of Staff Eastern Command

Shib Nath Mukherjee

Major-General (Retired), VSM

Neeladri Shankar Mukherjee

Brigadier (Retired), SM