Changing Indian Images of the European Union Perception and Misperception

Rajendra K. Jain is Professor at the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India. He was formerly Chairperson, Centre for European Studies and Director, Europe Area Studies Programme, JNU.  He has been the first Jean Monnet Chair in India (2010-2015). He was formerly Visiting Professor, Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya (2010) and Visiting International Fellow, Monash Europe and EU Centre, Melbourne (2009). He was Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow at the University of Constance and Visiting Fellow at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University of London (1993) and the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (1995). He has been Visiting Humboldt Foundation Professor at Freiburg, Leipzig and Tuebingen universities and at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris. He has also been visiting professor at the universities of Sofia, Warsaw and UPFM Barcelona. He was Adjunct Professor (Research), Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Monash University (2010-2015) and Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) Professor of Contemporary India, Leuven University (2015). He is the author/editor of nearly 30 books and has published 140 articles/chapters in books. He has most recently published India, Europe and Pakistan (2018).

Contributors:

Nora Babalová  is a Trade Analyst at the Embassy of India to the European Union, Belgium and Luxembourg, Brussels.

Jyotindra Nath Dixit  (1936-2005) was formerly Foreign Secretary (1991-1994) and National Security Advisor (May 2004-January 2005).

Idesbald Goddeeris  is Professor of History at the University of Leuven, Belgium.

Patryk Kugiel  is the head of the International Economic Relations and Global Issues Programme at the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw.

Shreya Pandey  is Fellow at the Nehru MemorialMuseum and Library, New Delhi, India.

Kanwal Sibal  was formerly Foreign Secretary (July 2002-November 2003). He has also been Ambassador to Turkey (1989-1992), Egypt (1995-1998), France (1998- 2002) and Russia (2004-2007).