Masaaki FUKUNAGA

Region of Interest	South Asia
Primary Country of Residence	Japan
Title	Professor, Center for South Asian Studies and Executive Managing Director
Affiliation	Gifu Women's University and IRF-SAARC
Email	fukunaga@gijodai.ac.jp
Mailing Address	58-5 Kokuryo -5 chome, Chofu-shi, Tokyo 182-0022 JAPAN
Websites	http://www.irf-saarc.org/index.html
Countries of Specialization	India, South Asia
Education	Ph.D. (Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India)
Research Interests	Sociology of North Indian Rural Society Hindu Pilgrimage in North India Study of holy city, Varanasi Hindi
Publications	Society, Caste and Factional Politics. Manohar Book Service, New Delhi, 1993.
Keywords	South Asian studies ; North India ; village studies ; SAARC ; Indian Society ; Varanasi.