DR. Mohan S. Kashikar, MA., Ph.D., Reader and HOD, is working in the department since 1986. He has won a gold

 medal in MA, Political Science examination for securing first position in merit of Nagpur University. He got a fellowship of ICSSR for his Ph.D and a fellowship by the Rotary foundation as ambassador of goodwill. He worked as a visiting fellow at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (USA) during August 1997 to June 1998.

His areas of interests are South Asian Studies, Indian Government and Politics, International Relations, Ancient Indian Political Thought.

He has publications to his names which includes SAARC: Its Genesis, Development and Prospects, Published by Himalaya publishing House, Mumbai, 2000;

Concept of State in Selected Political ideologies; International Relations: Theory Development and Conceptual Framework- text books in Marathi written for Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Nasik, 2000 and 2004 respectively. He has been writing on the issues of- Regional Cooperation and India’s Role; Economic Cooperation in the context of SAARC. He has been writing regularly weekly column on International affairs in a leading Marathi Newspaper of Nagpur, Tarun Bharat during the period 1991-93. He has also worked as Unit coordinator and editor of the Nagpur center on a project to compile Encyclopedia of Hinduism undertaken by University of North Carolina and India Heritage Research Foundation (USA) during 1999-2001.

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