Research Team

Swaminathan Gurumurthy is highly popular as a writer and journalist in India. Celebrated for his investigative journalism, he has ceaselessly...

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Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

Indian Foreign Service (1979; Retired);
Former Deputy National Security Adviser and Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS...

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Centre Head

Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Neighbourhood Studies and Internal Security Studies, VIF

Lt Gen Ravi Sawhney retired as the Deputy Chief of the Army Staff. He is a post graduate in Defence and Security Planning from the Royal College...

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Editor

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

Lieutenant General (Retd) Gautam Banerjee, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, was former Chief of Staff, Central Command, former Commandant of the Officers' ...

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Senior Fellows

Amb D P Srivastava, Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader, VIF

Presently he is Senior Fellow & Cluster Leader at Vivekananda International Foundation. He was Indian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of...

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Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Brig Vinod Anand is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He holds a post-graduate degree in Defence and...

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RNP Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF

RNP Singh is former Director of India First Foundation, New Delhi and Managing Editor of two widely acclaimed Journals Eaternal India and...

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Dr Sreeradha Datta, Senior Fellow, VIF

Dr Sreeradha Datta is Senior Fellow, Vivekananda International Foundation. Formerly director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies,...

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Dr Harinder Sekhon, Senior Fellow, VIF

Dr. Harinder Sekhon is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation and has over three decades of research, writing and teaching...

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Commodore Somen Banerjee, Senior Fellow, VIF

Somen Banerjee is a naval officer and specializes in Anti-submarine warfare. He has been involved in Indian naval plans and procurement and is a...

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Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM, Senior Fellow, VIF

Col Shubhankar Basu, SM, VSM is a serving Army (Infantry) officer who specializes in High altitude warfare. He carries wide range of operational...

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Associate Fellows

Dr Teshu Singh, Associate Fellow, VIF

Dr. Teshu Singh is an Associate Fellow with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Previously, she was working with Institute of...

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Dr. Arpita Mitra, Associate Fellow, VIF

Dr. Arpita Mitra has a doctoral degree in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has been a Fellow (2015-2017) at the Indian...

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Ramanand Garge, Associate Fellow, VIF

Ramanand Garge is a research scholar in the field of security studies. The research areas of his interest includes counter terrorism policies...

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Kapil Patil, Associate Fellow, VIF

Kapil Patil is Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. His research focuses on nuclear energy, WMD-...

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Dr Neha Sinha, Associate Fellow, VIF

Neha Sinha is working as an Associate Fellow in VIF. She did her Graduation and Masters in Political Science from Delhi University. She has a...

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Research Associates

Prerna Gandhi, Research Associate, VIF

Prerna Gandhi is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation with a focus on Japan, ASEAN and Korean Peninsula. She is...

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Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF

Prateek Joshi is a researcher working on Trans-Himalayan Geopolitics, Pakistani politics and Sino-Indian conflict. Prior to joining VIF, he was...

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Aayush Mohanty, Research Associate, VIF

Aayush holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Delhi University and completed his Master's in Conflict Analysis and Peace-building...

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Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF

Yatharth Kachiar is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation with a focus on the Afghanistan-Pakistan region. She has done...

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Hirak Jyoti Das, Research Associate, VIF

Hirak Jyoti Das is a Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation and a doctoral candidate in Centre for West Asian Studies,...

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Anurag Sharma, Research Associate, VIF

Anurag Sharma has completed MPhil in Politics and International Relations on 'International Security' at the Dublin City University in Ireland, in...

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Consultants

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Tilak Devasher is the author of the widely acclaimed book ‘Pakistan: Courting the Abyss’ published by Harper Collins India in December 2016. It...

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Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

An Electronics and Tele Communication Engineering graduate from B E College, Shibpur, M Tech from IIT, Kharagpur and Fellow of Institute of...

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Jyothy J Nair, GIS Consultant, VIF

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Research Assistant

Amruta Karambelkar, Research Assistant, VIF

Amruta Karambelkar is research assistant at the Vivekananda International Foundation with focus on the Indo-Pacific. She is pursuing Ph.D from the...

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Young Professionals

Ankit Singh, Young Professional, VIF

Ankit Singh is a Young Professional with the Vivekananda International Foundation in Delhi. He has interest in international relations and...

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Sushmita Bharti , Young Professional, VIF

Sushmita Bharti holds a Master's degree in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University and completed her Bachelor's in History...

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Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Young Professional, VIF

Pravesh Kumar Gupta is a Young Professional at the Vivekananda International Foundation, Delhi. He has submitted his PhD in Central Asia at Centre...

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Aakriti Vinayak, Young Professional, VIF

Aakriti Vinayak is a Young Professional at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She has completed her Masters in International...

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Radhika Daga, Young Professional, VIF

Radhika Daga is a research scholar, pursuing her passion for the subjects pertaining to national security and strategic matters in India. Her...

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Ruchi Bindal, Young Professional, VIF

Ruchi Bindal holds a Master's degree in Conflict Analysis and Peace Building from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and has completed her graduation...

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