Dr. Ajit Kumar Singh joined the institute in June 2005. Currently he is involved in research on Conflicts in South Asia. He has written extensively on all the Conflicts engulfing South Asia. His works have been published in several journals, magazines and news papers, both online and print. He has been extensively quoted in media. After completing his M.Phil. on "Emergence of Afghanistan as Buffer between Tsarist Russia and British Indian Empire (19th Century)", from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was awarded Ph.D. from the same School on "The Ethnic Conflict and State Structure in Afghanistan: 1989-2001".