EDUCATION

• [1998-2002] Doctor of Philosophy (PH.D) Department of Medieval and Modern History, Deen Dayal Upadhayay Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. PH.D Thesis- “Emergence of Sate in Korean Peninsula”
• [1995-1997] Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) Center for East Asian Studies, SIS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. M.Phil Thesis- “Emergence of the Republic of Korea: Peninsular and International Dimensions”
• [1993-1995] Master of Arts (M.A) Modern Indian History, Center for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

• 1.August 2007- February 2008- Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  At the Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
• 2.March, 2003- Feb, 2006- Post Doctoral Fellow
  At the Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
• 3.May 2000- August. 2002- Field Research
  At School of International Relation, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• - March 2011- Continued- Assistant Professor
  Department of History, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Yongin, Gyeonnggi-do, Korea.
• - March 2008-February 2011- Full-time Lecturer
  Department of Liberal Education, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea.
• - September 2006- continue- Part-Time Instructor
  Department of Linguistics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
• - October, 1998 – Feb., 2003- Lecturer
  Department of History, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.

TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Primary
  Modern Asian History (special focus on India), Modern East Asian History (special focus on Korea), Asian Culture, East Asian Culture, Culture History, Colonialism and Nationalism
• Secondary
  Civil Society, Gender History, Globalization, Democratization, Human Rights in Asia

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• - March, 2006- July 2006- Assistant Director
  Institute of East Asian Regional Studies, Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
• - March 2003- February 2006- Consultant Editor
  Worked as Consultant Editor for Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies at Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
• - June, 1999 - May, 2000- Served as Assistant to the Chief Proctor of the University at Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.