Prof. Nivedita Das Kundu (M.Phil, Ph.D, Post Doctorate)
President
Nivedita Das Kundu, Ph.D in International Relations. She is an academic with university teaching and think tank research experience. She is presently affiliated with York University, Toronto. Dr. Nivedita has completed her Master's and doctoral studies from Jawahar Lal Nehru University, New Delhi and the University of Helsinki, Finland. She did her post-doctoral study at Woodrow Wilson Centre for Scholars, Washington DC. She has taught in prestigious Universities in Canada, Germany, Finland, India, Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and worked in senior research positions with well-known government think tanks like Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Indian Council for World Affairs, Indian Council for Social Science Research, United Services Institution of India, Centre for Strategic Studies under President of Azerbaijan. She was a visiting fellow with Moscow State Institute for International Relations, Moscow State University, Institute for Oriental Studies (Russia), Institute for International Relations in University of Kyiv and School of International Relations, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. She has authored two books and has been an editor for seven books on International Relations. She has contributed research papers, articles to various research journals, websites and newspapers, chapters to edited books. She has an additional qualification in women, borders and migration studies from the University of Hannover, Germany and on Eurasian Studies from Pushkin Institute, Russia. Her research expertise focuses on geopolitics, foreign policy, strategic dimensions of security, multilateral organizations, women and migration issues. Her accolades include the prestigious state award “Pushkin Medal”, in the year 2013. She has been the recipient of a number of prestigious fellowships DAAD (Germany), RAS (Russia), CIMO (European Union), ICSSR (India), ADA (Azerbaijan). She is also Chemical Weapons Convention Coalition member and works on WMD issues and concerns and participates as a speaker regularly in CSP-OPCW, The Hague. She is presently an adjunct faculty with the United Services Institution of India & Birla Institute of Technology. She has travelled to different countries as a scholar, expert and academic to participate in various international forums, summits and conferences. She speaks four different languages. She is presently on the editorial board of an ethnic Canadian newspaper. She is a board member and chair working group, Science for Peace, The University of Toronto. She is Director of the Canada-India Project for research and Innovation, York Centre for Asian Research. She is a member of the Valdai Discussion Club, Russia.