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Dr. Jayanta Kumar Ray is the Founder President of South Asia Research Society, a non-profit non-government organization, which conducts projects ranging from rural poverty alleviation to law enforcement reform. Some of his previous assignments were: Centenary Professor of International Relations and Director, Centre for South and Southeast Asian Studies, University of Calcutta; professor of Behavioural Sciences, Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He is currently a Member, Peace Studies Group, Calcutta University, and an Editorial Fellow at the Centre for Studies in civilizations, New Delhi. He is the author of a number of important publications on a variety of themes, e.g. national security, public bureaucracy, foreign policy, internal colonialism, and civil-military relations in post-colonial societies.

Dr. Muntassir Mamoon (b. 1951), a founder member of Bangladesh Lekhak Shibir and Bangladesh Lekhak Union, a participant in all secular-democratic movements in Bangladesh since 1969, is currently a professor in the department of History, University of Dhaka. A promoter of Bangabandhu Museum and Dhaka City Museum, Muntassir Mammon is one of the most popular and respected authors of Bangladesh. He has also been honoured with the Dr. Hilali Gold Medal and the president's Award. This is the third book co-authored by these two scholars. The others are: Inside Bureaucracy: Bangladesh and Civil Society in Bangladesh: Resilience and Retreat.