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Prof. (Dr.) Jitendra Nath Misra

Prof. (Dr.) Jitendra Nath Misra

Professor of Diplomatic Practice

B.A. (University of Delhi);

M.A.; M.Phil.; Ph.D. (Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi)

: jnmisra@jgu.edu.in

Professor (Dr.) Jitendra Nath Misra holds a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University and is a retired Indian diplomat, serving as ambassador in Portugal and Laos, and consul general in Ho Chi Minh City. He is Professor of Diplomatic Practice at the Jindal School of International Affairs of O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, India. Most recently he was a visiting professor at Jamia Millia Islamia University, and previously, a visiting professor at University of Lisbon, and University of Social Sciences and Humanities- Vietnam National University. Earlier, he was an adjunct associate professor at Georgetown University, and a lecturer at Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Professor (Dr.) Misra is an internationally- published author. He has about 25 book chapters and 25 journal articles on the social sciences and literature in world- renowned journals in India, the U.S., Australia, Singapore, Portugal, Bangladesh, Thailand, and Vietnam, including in World Policy Journal, World Literature Today, India Review, Nação e Defesa (Nation and Defence), The Interpreter, Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Peace and Security Review, Vietnam Journal for Indian and Asian Studies, The Nation, Strategic Analysis, India Quarterly, IDSA Journal, and Indian Literature. He has been a reviewer of unpublished book manuscripts for world- renowned publishers.

Professor (Dr.) Misra has published in newspapers in India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam. He has been quoted on BBC (U.K.); AP, ABC News and The Diplomat (U.S.A.); AFP and France 24 (France); The Frontier Post (Pakistan); The National (UAE); Taipei Times (Taiwan); The Indian Express, The Economic Times, The New Indian Express, Rediffmail.com, and Eurasian Times (India), and other media outlets.

As a public intellectual Professor (Dr.) Misra has been a broadcaster and anchor on television and radio and has been widely interviewed. He has appeared on BBC World and BBC News (U.K.); Swedish Radio (Sweden); SIC Noticias Television and RTP Television (Portugal); The National (UAE); All India Radio, Sansad TV, NDTV, CNN News 18, Rajya Sabha TV, DD Sports, Times Now, Zee News, Mirror Now, The Citizen, Living India News, Bharata First, and News of the World Odisha (India), and other outlets.

Professor (Dr.) Misra has delivered lectures at Foreign Service training institutions, universities, think tanks, and schools in India, the U.S., the U.K., Australia, Portugal, Vietnam, Colombia, and Laos, as well as under the Distinguished Lectures programme of Ministry of External Affairs, India. He has a grant from Indian Council of World Affairs for a book on India- Portugal relations.

Professor (Dr.) Misra has served as an advisor to the government of Odisha state on sports, and is the vice president of Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society. He has written extensively on sports. He is the author of The Sport of Pace and Grace: A Biography of Field Hockey, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle- Upon- Tyne (Under contract/ forthcoming).