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Name |
Prof. Emeritus J.S. Mukul |
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Department |
School of Business |
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Education |
M.A. (Political Science) |
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Profile |
Director, International Relations |
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jmukul@sushantuniversity.edu.in |
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Areas of Expertise |
International Relations |
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Experience |
43 Years (7Years of Teaching) |
Professional Biography
1. Professor J.S. Mukul has been working with Sushant University for over three years. He is presently Professor Emeritus in the School of Business and Director International Relations for Sushant University. He has been instrumental in organising the prestigious Platform Lecture Series with foreign Ambassadors / High Commissioners, guest lectures with visiting foreign faculty, expanding Sushant University's international collaborations (including through articulation and progression agreements), coordinating global immersion programmes and exchanges, participating in international conferences and taking forward the University's global connect.
2. Prof. Mukul has been lecturing extensively, including in India's 'G20 University Connect' programme during 2023, and at various fora like the Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service of the Ministry of External Affairs to Indian and foreign diplomats, Naval War College of India in Goa to defence personnel, SCOPE forum to senior public sector executives, etc. as well as on media programmes like DD News.
3. By way of background, Ambassador (Retd.) Mukul joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1981 after completing his post graduation in Political Science with specialisation in International Relations securing a gold medal from Bangalore University.
4. During his 40 years diplomatic career, Amb. Mukul was the Dean of the Foreign Service Institute (FSI) / Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service (SSIFS), the premier institution in India for training of Indian and Foreign diplomats. Earlier, he was Ambassador of India to the Netherlands. He also served as Ambassador of India to Oman and Consul-General of India in Munich, Germany. He has held diplomatic positions in Indian Missions abroad in Damascus, Abu Dhabi, Kandy, Colombo, Geneva and Riyadh, apart from postings in the Ministry of External Affairs, dealing with multilateral economic relations and in-charge of India’s flagship development partnership programme ITEC. He was the Ministry's sous / deputy - Sherpa for the G-20 process and was involved with six G-20 Summits.
5. Amb. Mukul’s functional areas of specialization are disarmament and economic-commercial work (including trade, investment and development cooperation), both at the bilateral and multilateral levels. Further, his geographical area of specialization has been the Arab world, especially the Gulf region, including handling issues relating to the large Indian diaspora community as well as West Europe.
