Dr. Alka Acharya is a professor at the Centre for East Asian Studies (Chinese Studies) School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).  She was the Director and Senior Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies. The Indian government nominated her as a member of the India-China Eminent Persons Group (2006-2008) and a member of the National Security Advisory Board of the Government of India for two terms (2006-2008) and (2011-2012). Author of "China & India: Politics of Incremental Engagement" and "Boundaries and Borderlands: A Century After the 1914 Simla Convention".