Bishnu Pathak is a Board Member and Professor of Human Security Studies at TRANSCEND Peace University, Germany. He holds a Ph.D. in Conflict Management and Human Rights, and has been working at the Peace and Conflict Studies Center (PCS Center) as a President and Director. He is presently involved as a senior peace, security, and human rights expert on International Evaluation of Support to the Peace Process in Nepal. He is the Chief Coordinator of the Petition to the UN for Total Disarmament, and Vice President at the Global Harmony Association. His book Politics of People’s War and Human Rights in Nepal is a widely circulated volume. His pioneer work Peace-Conflict Lifecycle was first published on a book in “Experiments with Peace”, Norway. He is the author of more than 150 research articles on human rights, human security, United Nations, peace, civil military relations, community policing, and federalism, including Nepal’s 2008 Constituent Assembly Elections: Converting Bullets to Ballots, East-West Center Bulletin, and Washington DC. Dr. Pathak can be reached at at pathakbishnu@gmail.com, www.pcsc.org.np, or at his LinkedIn profile.