Information and Communications Specialist, with interests in Information Policies, Advocacy, Open Access Publishing, Open Educational Resources (OER), e-Science, and ICT for Development. Presently attached with Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India; Ex-Consultant to UNESCO, Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia (CEMCA) of Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Awarded PhD from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.