Amit Dholakia is a Professor of Political Science at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, India. Earlier, he has held the positions of Provost of the GSFC University, Vadodara, India and Registrar of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. He has published two books and several research papers in professional journals, apart from numerous articles in newspapers and digital media. Prof. Dholakia has been invited to participate in international academic programmes at the University of Michigan (US), Theodore Heuss Academy (Germany) and Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (Sri Lanka).