India and the Gulf Region: Maritime History, Trade, Security and Political Reforms

Professor Aftab Kamal Pasha teaches at Gulf Studies, Center for West Asian and African Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. He has served as Chairperson and Director, Gulf Studies at the above Center. He has also served as First Secretary, (Culture) Embassy of India, and Director, Cairo, Egypt. He has published ten books on Egypt, Libya, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, OIC, India and West Asia, and Political Participation in the Gulf States. He has Edited eight books on Iraq, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Iran and GCC States, Gulf and India; and Co-Edited two books; on Iran and India; and the Islamic World. He has contributed research chapters to over thirty books edited by distinguished academicians, covering the West Asian and North African (WANA) region and India's Foreign Policy. His research articles have also been published in numerous reputed national and international journals and his articles on current WANA issues have appeared in many Indian and Gulf newspapers. He is a frequent commentator on WANA affairs for Radio and TV in India and abroad. He has traveled to over forty Universities in India and for Seminars/Conferences, teaching, talks at several Universities and research institutes. He has MA degrees in Political-Science and Middle Eastern Studies from Mysore has been conducting research and teaching at JNU since 1978.