GEOPOLITICAL DYNAMISM OF INDIA-TAJIKISTAN RELATIONS

Jyotsna Bakshi has lived and worked in Central Asia as India Chair Professor in the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent from 2006 to 2009 and a Associate Professor in the Centre for Indian Studies at Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan from 2002 to 2005. She has extensively travelled in the entire region. She was a Research Fellow in the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi specializing on Russia and Central Asia. She has a Post-Graduate Diploma in Russian language from the Department of Foreign Languages, Moscow, Academy of Science, USSR. She has published several books and scores of research papers and articles on the subject. Her published work includes authored books Russia and India from Ideology to Geopolitics and Russia-China Relations, Relevance for India and edited volumes on India-Central Asia relations.