Dr. Anmol Mukhia is a Distinguished Fellow (Honorary) at Forum for Global Studies, New Delhi. Dr. Mukhia is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at Sikkim Manipal University, Sikkim, India. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Higher School of Economics National Research University, Moscow, Russian Federation, and completed his PhD at Jilin University, China. He has worked at Sikkim University and Rashtriya Raksha University as an Assistant Professor. He is also a recipient of the “Bharat Nepali Gorkha Samman Award”, organised by Social Engineering, and felicitated by the honourable Governor of Sikkim. Dr. Mukhia’s publications are found in prominent journals: Contemporary South Asia, Politics, Groups, and Identities, Russia in Global Affairs, Natural Resources Forum, etc. He is also the author of “Chasing A Blazing Fire in the Himalayas” by White Falcon Publication.