Mecca Agreement: Strategic Fallout of Strategic Partnerships
Mecca Agreement complicates India’s strategic calculus at a time when its key partners are caught in competing conflicts and alliances Insights Anil Trigunayat It is ironic that
Prof Nilanjan Banik
Visiting Consultant
PhD (Utah State University); M.A.(Delhi School of Economics)
Dr Banik is currently Professor and Program Director (BA, Economics and Finance), at Mahindra University, India. (July 2021-Present). He is also a Research Fellow, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea (September 2019-Present).
Academic Consultant, Geneva Network, United Kingdom (April 2015-Present).
Research Areas
Entrepreneurship, ICT and Innovation, Science and Technology
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