P Stobdan : Ambassador (Prof) P P. Stobdan is a distinguished academician, diplomat, author and national security expert. He is a specialist on Asian affairs covering China, Central Asia and High Asia. He served in Central Asia twice. His last diplomatic assignment was in Bishkek where has served as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Kyrgyzstan. He also served as Joint Director in the National Security Council Secretariat and Director/Professor of the Centre for Strategic and Regional Studies at the University of Jammu. He is currently as Senior Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.