Ramakant Dwivedi has a PhD from the Central Asian Studies Division of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Dwivedi was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Al-Beruni Institute of Oriental Studies, Tashkent (1998-2001). His major areas of research are security, foreign policy, ethnic issues and religious extremism in Eurasian region (Russia, Caucasus and Central Asian countries). He holds a Diploma in the Russian Language from the University of World Economy and Diplomacy, Tashkent and a Diploma in the Uzbek Language from the Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies, Uzbekistan. He has widely travelled in the Eurasian region. His published works include 25 research papers in national/international journals, edited books and co-authorship of India and Central Asia: Advancing the Common Interest (IDSA & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2004), India-Tajikistan Cooperation: Perspectives and Prospects (ICAF & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2007) and India- Kazakhstan Perspectives: Regional and International Interactions (ICAF & Anamaya Publishers, New Delhi, 2007).

Dr. Dwivedi is Founding & Life Member of the India – Central Asia Foundation (ICAF), New Delhi; Associate Member, United Services Institution of India (USI), New Delhi; Associate Member, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi; Member of the Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS) / Harvard University, USA.