The US Role in the 1971 Genocide in East Pakistan with Piyush Banerjee

Piyush Kumar Banerjee is a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. He is currently attending Yale University as a Visiting Assistant in Research. He is also carrying out research at the United Nations in New York and the National Archives of India, New Delhi. He won the highly competitive UNSW University International Postgraduate Award to pursue doctoral studies in Australia. Piyush is currently researching the role of the United Nations in the 1971 crisis in South Asia. He is currently located in New Haven, CT. He is also the recipient of the Erasmus+ study abroad and the prestigious Azrieli scholarship. He holds a Master's in Holocaust Studies from the University of Haifa, Israel. He also holds a BA and MA in English from Vinoba Bhave University and Amity University respectively. Piyush also studied at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow as a part of his Master’s degree. Before embarking on his research journey in Australia, Piyush taught English literature and Soft Skills in colleges/schools back home. He has numerous research articles, book chapters and book reviews to his name.