Dr. B. Krishnamurthy took his Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History as well as P.G.Diploma in French from the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara. His post-doctoral work is on the Freedom Movement in the French Settlements in India and he has a book in Tamil on this subject to his credit. Dr.Krishnamurthy has contributed numerous research papers and articles to edited volumes and reputed journals, on Indo-French Relations, French Foreign Policy, European Integration and the European Human Rights Regime. He is currently Reader in the School of International Studies and Coordinator incharge of the Centre for Nehru Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry.