Dr Jitendra Uttam is Assistant Professor in Korean Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India. His recent publications include two chapters in the edited volumes Korean Science and Technology in an International Perspective (2012) and The Political Economy of the Asia Pacific (2011), and the article "Economics of Converging Theoretical Paradigms: Evidence from Indo-Korean Bilateral Economic Cooperation', which appeared in the Journal of International and Area Studies (2009).