Dr Gulshan Sachdeva is Professor and Chief Coordinator DAKSHIN at the RIS. His research and teaching have focused on European economic integration, Eurasian connectivity, development cooperation, energy security, and India’s external economic engagements. Currently on leave, he is Professor at the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Prof. Sachdeva was awarded the Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission and has coordinated the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at JNU. He is also the Book Series Editor for Europe-Asia Connectivity (Palgrave Macmillan) and Co-Editor of the Asia-Europe Journal (Springer). Earlier, he served as Editor-in-Chief of International Studies (SAGE). He was also Chairperson, Centre for European Studies; Director, Energy Studies Programme; and Director, UGC Europe Area Studies Programme at JNU. He headed the ADB and Asia Foundation projects on regional cooperation at the Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul. He was also consultant with the ILO. He held the ICCR Chair at the University of Leuven and served as a visiting faculty at nine European universities. He has contributed more than 100 research papers in academic journals and edited books. Some of his recent publications include Challenges in Europe: Indian Perspectives (Palgrave Macmillan) and India in a Reconnecting Eurasia (Washington: CSIS). He holds PhD in Economics from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.