"Comprehensive" book on Kazakhstan released

15:33, 10 August 2009

NEW DELHI: Arun Mohanty, a professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), has edited a new "comprehensive" book on Kazakhstan that was released on the campus here over the weekend, Kazinform cites Parul Sharma, The Hindu.

The book, "Contemporary Kazakhstan: The Way Ahead", comprises 24 articles - more than half of which have been written by Kazakh scholars - while the others have been authored by Indian experts.

Dr. Mohanty is a faculty member at the School of International Studies at JNU.

He is also the director of Eurasian Foundation - a non-profit public research institute - which conceived this project.

"This book is the most comprehensive work on Kazakhstan. The Eurasian Foundation undertook this project as Kazakhstan is today the second largest strategic partner of India in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) after Russia," observed Dr. Mohanty.

The book has been dedicated to the visit of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev early this year.

The book has been divided into three sections: Kazakhstan's foreign policy; internal developments in Kazakhstan; and bilateral relations between India and Kazakhstan.

The book was released by Dr. Kairat Umarov, Ambassador of Kazakhstan to India, at a function that was presided over by JNU professor Anuradha Chenoy.

The event was attended by various members of the diplomatic community from the CIS and other experts, Kazinform refers to Parul Sharma, The Hindu.

See www.hindu.com for full version.

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