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Faisal Ahmed

FORE School of Management, Aligarh Muslim University, Mohanlal Sukhadia University

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Faisal Ahmed is a Professor at the FORE School of Management, New Delhi. He teaches courses on International Business and Geopolitics. His research and consulting interests include China and Indo-Pacific trade and geopolitics, mega-regional trade agreements, Belt and Road Initiative, global value chains, ocean diplomacy, SIDS, and climate change. He holds Master’s and Doctorate degree from India in the areas of International Business/Trade. He also possesses an Executive Certification in Geopolitical Analysis from Geneva. Prof Ahmed has worked as a consultant on projects supported by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India; United Nations ESCWA; the ASEAN Secretariat; and other organisations. He is frequently invited by global think-tanks and institutions as a speaker and resource person. He has also been member of various Track II delegations on India-China Relations. Prof Ahmed’s latest book is “India’s Geopolitical Gravity: The 21st Century Gamechanger”, co-authored with a Geneva-based professor and published by Springer Nature in August 2025. His other books include: “The Belt and Road Initiative: Geopolitical and Geoeconomic Aspects” published by Routledge, New York & Oxon, 2021; and, a textbook for management students titled “Business Environment: Indian and Global Perspective”, published by PHI, with 4th ed. in 2025. He has also published four edited books on Climate Change in the Indo-Pacific: Developmental and Geopolitical Dimensions, Geoeconomic Perspectives in the Global Environment, India-ASEAN Engagements, and India’s Foreign Policy in West Asia and North Africa region. Moreover, his papers have appeared in refereed international journals indexed in ABDC, ABS, Scopus and Web of Science. He has also published three monographs on themes of grassroots reachout of India’s foreign trade policy, India’s experiences in PTAs, and, EEZ and the UN Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS). Prof Ahmed’s articles have appeared in leading newspapers such as The Korea Times, South China Morning Post, The Straits Times, The Times of India, The Hindu Business Line, The Economic Times, and, The Financial Express, among others. He has been interviewed and quoted as a trade and geopolitical expert by national and international media including, among others, Doordarshan TV (Urdu/Regional), BBC Hindi, Russia Today-RT, Al-Jazeera, and the Vietnam TV.

Employment

  • FORE School of Management Professor

Education

  • Aligarh Muslim University Master of International Business Management (MIBM)
  • Aligarh Muslim University B.Sc. (Hons.) Geography
  • Mohanlal Sukhadia University Ph.D.

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