Dr. Anirban Ganguly is Director of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi and is a scholar of civilisation, politics, history and culture and has written and spoken extensively on these topics. Dr. Ganguly had his early education at Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education, Puducherry and successfully defended his Doctoral Thesis from Jadavpur University, Kolkata on the early nationalist education movement in India and its underlying philosophy of education. Between 2010 and 2013 he was Research Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Dr. Ganguly regularly lectures in various leading Universities and Institutions across the country. Author of three books, ‘Debating Culture’—(New Delhi, 2013), ‘Swami Vivekananda— Buddha and Buddhism: a Mystic Link’ (Kolkata, 2014), ‘Education: Philosophy and Practice’ (New Delhi, 2011), he has also authored numerous papers, chapters and monographs on civilisational, political, educational and cultural issues. A consistent proponent of projecting India as a civilisationalstate, Dr. Ganguly is also a columnist with the New Indian Express and the Daily Pioneer.