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MR. AKSHAY HONMANE

Independent Researcher, International Relations
and Diplomacy

Mr. Akshay Honmane is a Foreign Policy Consultant at Positive Performance
Consulting in Singapore. He is presently researching on US and India’s Foreign
Policy focusing on the Indo-Pacific Strategy. He holds a Master’s Degree in
Political Science and International Relations and qualified the University
Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test to be an Assistant Professor. He
specializes in global diplomacy, state and societies in Canada, Latin America
and European Union.

His focus areas are Foreign Policy Analysis, Indo-Pacific Studies and Global
Environmental Politics. He comes with a varied research experience from
India’s premier think tank National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. He has
represented India in the 3rd International Trade Congress in Argentina and
presented his research on Indo-Baltic partnership. He has also previously
served as a Researcher to the Maritime History Society, Mumbai.

MS. HEENA SOFI

Phd Candidate, SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai

Heena Sofi is an Independent Researcher in the field of Socio-Economic,
Cultural and Maritime history of India. She is pursuing PhD at SNDT Women’s
University, Mumbai. She completed her Graduation from Sophia College,
University of Mumbai in the year 2012. She completed her MA in Political
Science 2014 and an MA in History in 2017 from SNDT Women’s University.
While pursuing her Masters, she worked intensively at Mani Bhavan Gandhi
Sangrahalya in 2014 and Godrej Archives in 2017, as Research Intern.

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