Allen David Simon is a postgraduate student pursuing M.A. in Political Science at St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata & M.P.A. from Indira Gandhi National Open University. An aspiring research scholar with deep interests in South Asian studies, he is contributor to Student Research Committees under the International Association of Political Science Students. He graduated B.A. Political Science Honors from St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous), Kolkata and was awarded the Father Albert Haurt Gold Medal Award as the valedictorian for batch of 2021. He is also a public speaker and is often described as a “social butterfly” by his peers.