Manish Thapa is Resident Professor of International Peace Studies at Department Peace & Conflict Studies in United Nations mandated University for Peace (UPEACE) in Costa Rica. He is one of the founding members and Assistant Professor of Peace Studies at Department of Conflict, Peace & Development Studies at Tribhuvan University in Nepal (2007-2015). He is currently Visiting Professor at the Institute of International Relations, University of Warsaw, Poland. He has held number of fellowships including Brown International Advanced Research Institute Fellow at Brown University (2011), Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholar at Institute of International Relations at University of Warsaw (2010-2012); Robert McNamara Fellowship (2009-2010) from the World Bank; RONPAKU Fellowship (2008-2011) from Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS). He was Visiting Research Fellow at Department of Peace & Conflict Research at Uppsala University (2009-2010); Visiting Fellow at Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame – USA (2008-2009) & Sauvé Scholar at McGill University in Canada (2006-2007). He is co-chair of the Internal Conflicts Commission at the International Peace Research Association (IPRA). He has published numerous books, journal articles and book chapters with leading publishers and journals. His recent publication is titled India in the Contemporary World: Polity, Economy & International Relations (London/New York/New Delhi: Routledge, 2014).