Dr. Sharad K Soni obtained his M.Phil and Ph.D degrees from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has specialised in Mongolian Studies and has written extensively on this area. His publications include Reign of Terror in Mongolia, 1920-90 (Co-author) (New Delhi,1992) Mongolia between China and Russia, An Historical Overview (MAKAIAS, Calcutta, 2000): and several research papers on Mongolia and Central Asia. Presently, a project fellow at the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata, Dr. Soni has participated and presented papers in various national and international seminars including International Congress of Monologists (1995). Besides, he is Assistant Editor of Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, a quarterly journal, since its very inception in 1997.