Ms. Jui Natu is a Subject Matter Specialist (French Language) at the School of International Cooperation, Security, and Strategic Languages (SICSSL) since August 2023. She has over 18 years of professional experience in teaching French and was working as a French-to-English language translator. Ms. Natu holds an M.Phil. in French from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an M.A. in Indology from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune. She also cleared the National Eligibility Test in 2002. Ms. Natu has taught French at various institutes across Pune, Maharashtra. Notable among these are the National Defence Academy (NDA) (2022-2023), the Symbiosis Institute for Foreign and Indian Languages (SIFIL) (2008-2009, and 2022-2023), Symbiosis Skills and Professional University (SSPU) (2022-2023), Alliance Française de Pune (2005-2006, 2010 and 2012), and Fergusson College (Junior and Senior College) (2019-2022). She has also worked as a French language translator with BITS India Pvt. Ltd. (2005-2008) and thereafter as a freelance translator for various clients. She has translated documents from the domains of Automobile, IT, Medical, Banking, etc.

Dr. Manish Barma is an Assistant Professor of International Relations and Security Studies at the School of International Cooperation, Security, and Strategic Languages (SICSSL) since June 2024. Dr. Manish Barma has completed his PhD titled “Cultural Heritage and European Identity” from the Centre for European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. His PhD thesis specifically investigated the variability of Culture and its role in the institutional integration and disposition of the European Union. He has done his MPhil dissertation titled “Secularism and Revival of Religion: A Case Study of France, 2004-2017”, from the same Centre in the year 2018. He completed his graduation in Political Science from Hindu College, University of Delhi. He holds a double Master’s degree in Political Science from Indira Gandhi National Open University as well as University of Delhi. Dr. Barma focuses on the evolution and development of bilateral ties between India-France and India-Greece. Besides, he keenly studies the areas of Security, Strategy and Geo-Politics that concern Europe and India. He regularly writes for newspapers, online platforms and journals of national and international repute. He has been awarded the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) Doctoral Fellowship in 2021. He has also been a visiting scholar at the International Hellenic University at Thessaloniki, Greece in 2022.

Dr. Stefanos Kordosis holds a Bachelor’s degree in International Relations and European Studies and a Master of Arts in International Relations and Strategic Studies from Panteion University, Athens. His Phd, which focuses on the relations between Byzantium and the Nomadic Empire of the Türks through Byzantine and Chinese sources, was completed in 2007 at the University of the Aegean, Department of Mediterranean Studies. His post doctorate research is on East-West contacts across Eurasia and the role of nomadic nations, Black Sea history and relations with Byzantium, past and present aspects of the Silk Route and Great Power competition in Central Eurasia. In 2016-2017 he was awarded the Fulbright Greece fellowship for Greek Academics by which he visited the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Pennsylvania. Dr Stefanos Kordosis’s research and teaching experience include the following: Tutor/Student Consultant at Hellenic Open University, Foreign Expert at Xibei Daxue (西北大学), Institute of Middle East Research (西北大学中东研究所), Post-Doc. Researcher at the University of Ioannina and at National Hellenic Research Foundation, Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Ioannina and at the International Hellenic University.