Dr. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe retired as Head of Department at Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai. She was also Visiting Instructor at Naval War College, Goa; and has been Visiting Instructor to the Army War College, Mhow. She is recipient of the Asia Fellowship, awarded by Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok and also recipient of Asia Fellowship Collaborative Grant in 2010. She is also Board Member of editors of Asian Politics and Policy, published by Wiley Blackwell and has contributed numerous articles and papers to reputed journals and books.