Adjunct Faculty

Prof. Nalanda Roy

Dr. Nalanda Roy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Studies and the Coordinator of the Asian Studies Minor program at Georgia Southern University (GSU). She is the Certified Diversity Executive, and the Inclusive Excellence Faculty Fellow at GSU. Nalanda is the recipient of the Inclusion Champion award at GSU. Nalanda also serves as a visiting scholar with the Center for Genocide and Human Rights, Rutgers University. She did her masters in Sociology and Anthropology from the University of Toledo, and a Ph. D. in Global Affairs from Rutgers University, New Jersey. She has an M. Phil, a master's and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from India, and a certificate in the Women in Leadership Program from Cornell University.

Nalanda is the associate editor of the Journal of Asian Security and International Affairs, and serves on several editorial boards, like the International Studies Review, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, Journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, and South Asian Survey. She is the author of numerous journal articles and books, including Bitter Moments — The Story of Indonesian Fragmentation, The South China Sea Disputes — Past, Present, and Future, Exploring the Tripod: Immigration, Security, and Economy in the Post-9/11, and Navigating Uncertainty in the South China Sea Disputes: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, and Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey. Nalanda has served on the board of directors with the City of Savannah and worked for the Greater Savannah International Alliance as the Chair of the Asian committee.

Prof. Somayajulu Garimella

Dr. Somayajulu Garimella is a seasoned academic and consultant with over 40 years of experience in business education, and industry. He specializes in guiding business schools through AACSB, BGA-AMBA, NBA, NAAC, and SAQS accreditation and implementing Outcome-Based Education (OBE) strategies. He has mentored numerous institutions to successful accreditation, conducted faculty development workshops on OBE and Assurance of Learning (AOL) across India, and led SAQS Peer Review Teams at several leading business schools.

Dr. Garimella has served as Dean of Executive Education at IMT Ghaziabad, Director at Nirma University, and IMI Bhubaneswar, and held senior roles at SPJIMR and IMI New Delhi. He has also been a visiting professor at IIM Kozhikode, Amritsar, & Sambalpur, FMS Delhi, and the University of Hyderabad. His consulting and executive education work spans government agencies, public sector undertakings, and leading corporations including Indian Oil, HAL, BHEL, ITC Hotels, MIDHANI, SBI, Hero MotoCorp, Centre for Good Governance (AP), DFID, BSNL, EIL, HDFC, among others.

Earlier, he worked over 15 years in pollution control in the coal gasification and petrochemical sectors. He has mentored startups, worked with the Foundation for MSME Clusters and the National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN), and trained in entrepreneurship education at Harvard Business School, ISB, and Oklahoma State University.