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Vivekanand Jha, former Director, Indian Council of Historical Research, edited the Indian Historical Review (20 vols, 1974-94), making it India's most substantive historical jorunal. He also edited Itihas (Hindi), Vols I-III (1992-94), and co-edited Indian Society: istorical Probings (1974), as well as the Journal of Studies on Ancient India (1998) of the World Association for Vedic studies. One area of his scholarly interest has been the early history of the Untochables (the theme of his doctoral thesis, 1972), on which he has published several papers. He has also published studies of the Bhagavadgita. In 1990 he presided over the Ancient Indian section of the Indian History Congress.

Dr. Deepa Rawat is presently serving as Associate Professor and Head of Department of Economics, Agra College, Agra.  She has twenty years of teaching experience at the under graduate and post graduate levels.  Dr. Rawat has had a distinguished academic career and received her Doctorate degree in 1991 from the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra.  She also took an advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from the same University.

She has more than 18 research papers published in reputed journals to her credit and has been a resource person for various workshops and seminars.  She has been guiding Ph. D. students for the past 15 years and has keen interest in issues related to women empowerment, regional planning and development, international trade and public policy.

Dr. Rawat is a regular contributor to International and National Conferences.  She visited Istanbul, Turkey in 2007 and presented a paper on Input Output Analysis in the 14th Input Output Association Conference.  She has the privilege of being nominated as expert in various academic and administrative committees and groups and has delivered lectures and taken part in various panel discussions on Television and Akashwani.