Lok Raj Baral (Ph.D.) is Professor & Executive Chairman of Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS), Kathmandu, Nepal. He served as Professor and Chairman of Political Science ...view moreLok Raj Baral (Ph.D.) is Professor & Executive Chairman of Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies (NCCS), Kathmandu, Nepal. He served as Professor and Chairman of Political Science Department at Tribhuvan University during 1976-89. He has twenty books to his credit (both authored and edited), contributed articles and chapters in different international, national journals and edited books on Nepal and South Asia. He is also the editor of Journal of Contemporary Studies published by the NCCS and is on the advisory boards of various International journals.view less