Sudeep Chakravarti is the Director of the Center for South Asian Studies (C-SAS) at the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB), where he also teaches conflict studies, South Asian literature, ethics, and journalism. He is the author of ten books that encompass history, ethnography, conflict, and conflict resolution, geopolitics, geo-economics, and the intersection of democracy and development. These include The Eastern Gate: War and Peace in Nagaland, Manipur and India’s Far East (Simon and Schuster, 2022); Plassey: The Battle that Changed the Course of Indian History (Aleph Book Company, 2020); The Bengalis: A Portrait of a Community (Aleph Book Company, 2017); Highway 39 (Fourth Estate, 2012); and Red Sun (Penguin, 2009). His next book is Fallen City, a psycho-political narrative set in 1970s Delhi, to be published in August 2024. He has written nearly a thousand articles, columns and essays within the arc of pre-Partition to present-day South Asia for major global and South Asian publications, and has for three decades advocated conflict resolution and enhanced trade and connectivity in South Asia in general and Eastern South Asia in particular. Sudeep began his career at The Asian Wall Street Journal and subsequently held leadership positions at Sunday, India Today, the India Today Group, and HT Media in a media career spanning thirty-five years. A fuller CV can be accessed here.