Partha Pratim Basu Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Dr. Partha Pratim Basu received his Ph D in Political Science from University of Calcutta. Presently he is a Professor of International Relations, Jadavpur University. He has also served as Departmental Chair; Director, School of Media, Communication and Culture; and Coordinator, PG Diploma Course on Human Rights at Jadavpur University. His publications include Press and Foreign Policy in India, North-South Relations: A Postcolonial Research Agenda (co-author), Revisiting Rammohun Roy’s Political Agenda, Democracy and Democratization in the 21st Century (co-editor), Locating Cultural Change (co-editor) apart from several book chapters and articles contributed to edited volumes and national and international journals of repute.