Akash Barman graduated from the Department of East Asian Studies, University of Delhi with MA East Asian Studies. His specialization is in foreign policies of East Asian countries: People’s Republic of China, South Korea & Japan. Apart from this, he has a keen interest in the study of migration and soft power in foreign policy. He also has a great interest in learning new languages. Apart from English & Hindi, he has intermediate proficiency in Japanese language & Elementary proficiency in Danish. Apart from English & Hindi, he has intermediate proficiency in Japanese language & Elementary proficiency in Spanish.