India and Korea belong to the major economies of the G-20, which has become a major global economic cooperative entity after the global financial crisis in 2008. Despite these similarities, the two countries have almost opposite factor endowments offering opportunities for more economic and strategic partnership. In this context, the India-Korea Comprehensive Economic Partnership in 2009 is considered a major step to facilitate expansion or opportunities for investments and exchange of services. In this backdrop, the book, which is timely and first of its kind, has made a sincere attempt to cover all aspects of India-Korea relations under three broad themes such as role of India-Korea in G-20 and restructuring global financial architecture; bilateral economic relations; and cooperation for security and strategic challenges. This volume would be a useful read to all those interested in strengthening and learning about the current status of India-Korea relations and future prospects.

Choong Yong Ahn is a distinguished Professor of Graduate School of International Studies at Chung-Ang University, Korea. He is also a Foreign Investment Ombudsman at Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency. He is also currently the member of the Presidential Council on National Competitiveness and a Member of Regulatory Reform Commission in South Korea. While on leave from Professorship of Economics, Chung-Ang University, he had also served as the President of the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy (KIEP) from 2002 to 2005, Chair of the APEC Economic Committee, and Chair of Board, Choheung Bank. He has maintained a keen interest in public policy, serving in positions such as Consultant to the World Bank, UNIDO Chief Technical Advisor to the Economic Planning Unit of Malaysia to design Malaysia’s industrial master plan, and has been the President of several academic societies in Korea including Korea International Economics Association, Korea Econometric Society, Korean Society of International Trade, Korea Development Economics Association, etc. Since receiving his Ph.D from Ohio State University in 1972, Dr. Ahn has published many articles in prestigious international journals and also published a few books.

Pravakar Sahoo is an Associate Professor at Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi University, India. Prior to joining IEG as Associate Professor (February 2009), he was working as senior fellow in Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi. During last 13 years of teaching and research experience, he has worked and published more than 40 research papers in national and international journals such as Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Journal of Policy Modeling, Journal of Developing Areas, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Asia Pacific Economies, International Economic Journal, Singapore Economic Review, Journal of Economic Policy Reforms, Economic and Political Weekly etc. on issues related to macroeconomics, development economics, international trade & investment, regional cooperation, infrastructure and FDI. He has carried out projects and acted as a consultant to various national and international agencies including Ministry of Finance and Commerce, Government of India, Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), Indo-Sastri Canadian Institute, Indira Gandhi Open University (IGNOU), Korea Institute for International Economic Relations (KIEP) and East West Center, USA. Further, he teaches macroeconomics to high-level government officials and policy makers like Indian economic service and Indian statistical service officers.