Dr. Ganganath Jha, an alumnus of Southeast Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru Univesity, New Delhi, has been working as a faculty member in the department for the last 25 years.
Dr. Jha has been contributing articles in reputed journals and edited volumes. A number of articles in Indonesian Quarterly (Jakarta), Contemporary Southeast Asia (Singapore), International Studies, India Quarterly and Strategic Analysis are well appreciated. Some of his books, Foreign Policy of Thailand (1978), Southeast Asia (1988) are widely reviewed. He has widely travelled in Southeast Asia, Holland and China and writes on the subject from his personal experiences.