Lokhande Sumedh is a Senior Assistant Professor (level III) at  Advanced Institute of Social Sciences (AISS), and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies and Policy Research Mumbai.Dr. Sumedh Lokhande was the first Indian Ph.D. jointly cultivated by the Confucius China Studies Program (20172019). He has led an international collaborative research project on the Belt and Road Initiative with Dalian Maritime University and is presently investigating the intricacies of India–China economic relations.