Canada is a rich and developed country. It is an economic power in her own right. Moreover, a large number of Indian immigrants are settled and prospering there. In the post-cold war and post-communist era economic component has assumed great importance in international relations. Indo-Canadian relations are no exception to this general trend. An interesting development in the last few years or so has been the ascendancy of economics and economic diplomacy. The major objective of this work is to study the growing economic and trade relations between India and Canada, which are mutually beneficial to each other. Major theme of the book is economism that has also become a significant factor in Indo-Canadian relations in the nineties. Another objective is to explore further areas and opportunities of Indo-Canadian economic cooperation. The book also endeavors to find out and explain complications and issues in political and economic relations between India and Canada. This book consists of 11 well-researched chapters, contributed by renowned scholars in field from India and abroad. This book will certainly prove informative and useful for scholars and academics besides the policy-planners and administrators.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vinay Kumar Malhotra
Dr. Vinay Kumar Malhotra born 1954; B.A. (Honours.), M.A. (Gold Medalist), Ph.D.; 29 years teaching and research experience; 4 years administrative experience; 16 books mostly on international relations, 27 papers and 6 book-reviews published; Life member of IAAS, IACS, IPSA, IACIS-Hyderabad, ILI-New Delhi, IIPA-New Delhi; several national and international seminars and conferences attended; completed collaborative research works with American, Canadian, Russian and Hungarian Professors. Dr. Malhotra has worked for a full semester at the Dept. of Political Science, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary in 1998. As Guest Research Fellow, he completed research projects at Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (COPRI), Denmark in 1999 and 2001. With Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute's Faculty Research Fellowship he conducted and completed another research project in Canada in 2001. He participated in Seminars at Norwegian Nobel Institute, Oslo, Norway and University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. As widely traveled person, he has also visited Austria, England, France and Sweden for academic and research missions. He was president of the Indian Association for American Studies (IAAS) during 2000-01. He was also member of the Executive Council and Governing Council of the Indo-American Centre for International Studies, Hyderabad during 2000-03.At present, he is working as Principal of Markanda National (PG) College, Shahabad-Markanda, Haryana. As Head, he taught at Post-graduate Dept. of Political Science, Gandhi Memorial National College (Kurukshetra University), Ambala Cantonment for 29 years. The Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada has given him the status of affiliate and visiting Professor. He was also member of Kurukshetra University's PG as well as UG Board of Studies in Political Science.
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