ULLASKAR Dutta Academy Trust is an independent institution that promotes quality research and in–depth studies in Indian history and culture. The Academy is a platform for dialogue and conflict resolution related to geopolitical issues in India’s immediate neighbourhood. The Academy is also into organizing training of professionals in various disciplines. The Academy organizes dialogues, lectures, seminars involving pool of academics and experts in matters sub-regional security, aimed at picturing the future geopolitical landscape in India’s volatile neighbourhood and our possible options as part of adaptation to the same. The Academy is also venturing to collaborate with various think-tanks in our neighbourhood to form a collective cohesive mindset to pre empt amicable solution to future conflicts of interest. One of the chief pursuits of the Academy is to analyse the way colonial occupation was a genesis of various internal conflicts in the region and how a collective approach to overcome it can prevent future conflagrations. ■