Baljit Singh is Professor in Political Science and Director, Nehru Studies Centre, University of Jammu, Jammu. He is also Honorary Director, Department of Strategic and Regional Studies, in the University. He has been engaged in teaching at postgraduate level for the last twenty years. His areas of specialisation are International Politics, Politics in South Asia, India’s Foreign Policy and Political Theory. He has published several research papers in various journals and books of national and international repute. He has co-edited two books: South Asia: Dynamics of Politics, Economy and Society (2006) and Politics of Identities in Jammu & Kashmir—A Contested Terrain (2008). He has also been supervising candidates pursuing their M. Phil and Ph. D degrees in Political Science. Thirteen M. Phil and two Ph. D degrees have already been awarded under his supervision. NEHRU STUDIES CENTRE The Nehru Studies Centre (NSC) was established under the UGC Scheme of Epoch Making Social Thinkers in May 2006 with a mandate to create awareness regarding Nehru’s contribution to India besides familiarizing the students, faculty and civil society about his philosophy. Since its inception, the NSC has organized four National Seminars and five National Workshops on the various subjects dealt by Nehru during his tenure as Prime Minister of India. The selected research papers presented in aforesaid seminars and workshops have published in the South Asian Survey an international journal which is being published by Sage Publishers. The NSC has produced some monographs on the diverse aspects of Nehruvian philosophy apart from organizing photo exhibition on Nehru in Kashmir. The book is the outcome of the papers invited by the Nehru Studies Centre, University of Jammu, Jammu.