VYUPTAKESH SHARAN (PhD, D.Litt.) is Professor Emeritus at Chandragupt Institute of Management (autonomous) Patna. Earlier, he was Emeritus Fellow at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi; UGC Visiting Professor at the Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi; AICTE Visiting Professor at Global Business Operations Postgraduate Programme at Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi; and Professor & Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Magadh University. Professor Sharan specializes in International Business and International financial management. In this area of study, he has visited several of universities in India and abroad to deliver special/extension lectures and has contributed about 75 articles in national and international journals and periodicals.