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S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

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 Heads

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

Sreeradha Datta currently heads the Neighbourhood Studies Centre of the Vivekananda International Foundation and is a non-resident Senior Fellow...

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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

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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Naval Jagota , Senior Fellow, VIF

Naval Jagota is a Senior Fellow with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Previously, he has worked as a Research Fellow at IDSA...

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Shashank Sharma, Senior Fellow, VIF

Shashank Sharma is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He has held various afloat, training and staff...

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Associate Fellows

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

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

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Dr Himani Pant, Associate Fellow, VIF

Dr. Himani Pant is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation. She focuses on the domestic and foreign policy of the European...

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PK Khup Hangzo, Associate Fellow, VIF

PK Khup Hangzo is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation with a focus on internal security. Mr. Hangzo has a master’s...

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Soumya Awasthi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Soumya Awasthi is an Associate Fellow with Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Previously, she has worked with Manohar Parrikar...

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Research Associates

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Research Associate , VIF

Dr. Pravesh Kumar Gupta is a Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). He has a doctoral degree in Central 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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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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Samir Bhattacharya, Research Associate, VIF

Samir Bhattacharya is presently doing his postgraduate academic research at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India on " MIDDLE POWER AND BLUE...

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Amruta Karambelkar, Research Associate, VIF

Amruta Karambelkar is research associate with the Indo-Pacific cluster at the VIF. Her interests lie in maritime issues, naval developments and...

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Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

Cchavi Vasisht is affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University in the Centre for South Asian Studies, School of International Studies, for her PhD...

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Aakriti Vinayak, Research Associate, VIF

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

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Kota Mallikarjuna Gupta, Research Associate, VIF

Kota Mallikarjuna Gupta is research associate with the China cluster at the VIF. His interests lie in China – US relations, Chinese Military,...

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Consultants

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF

Tilak Devasher is the author of three widely acclaimed books on Pakistan: ‘Pakistan: Courting the Abyss’ (December 2016) that was termed ‘...

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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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Surinder Kumar Sharma, Consultant, VIF

Mr. Surinder Kumar Sharma is currently attached to Vivekananda International Foundation as a Consultant. Prior to this, he was Consultant in the...

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Research Assistants

Heena Samant, Research Assistant, VIF

Completed M.Phil in Southeast Asian and Southwest Pacific Studies from Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies,...

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Sarada Subhash, Research Assistant, VIF

Sarada Subhash is a graduate in International Relations from University of Bristol. She is also an undergraduate in Medical Microbiology from...

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Rishi Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

Rishi Gupta is a Research Assistant with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He completed his MPhil in Foreign Policy...

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Avantika Menon, Research Assistant, VIF

Avantika Menon has completed her M.Phil. in Security Studies at the School of National Security Studies, Central University of Gujarat. Her M.Phil...

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Rishika Dhumal, Research Assistant, VIF

Rishika has received her Bachelor’s degree in Archaeology from Maharaja Sayajirao University of Vadodara, India. She, then went on to pursue her...

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Young Professionals

Anushka Saraswat, Young Professional, VIF

Anushka Saraswat is pursuing her Bachelor's in Global Affairs at O.P. Jindal Global University. She is the recipient of Best Students Research...

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Rohith Krishna, Young Professional, VIF

Rohith Krishna has a master’s degree in Historical Studies from Nalanda University, Rajgir. He also has a postgraduate diploma in Rural...

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Abhyoday Sisodia, Young Professional, VIF

Abhyoday has completed his Masters in East Asian Studies at Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. His...

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Akanksha Bajpai, Young Professional, VIF

Akanksha Bajpai completed her Bachelor's and Master's (MBA) from Banasthali Vidyapith.

She has served as a teaching faculty in PSPT,...

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Thejus Gireesh, Young Professional, VIF

Thejus Gireesh has an undergraduate degree in Political Science (Honors) from the University of Delhi, India. He has worked previously as a...

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Aman Kumar, Young Professional, VIF

Aman Kumar has completed his Master’s in International Relations and Area Studies from the School of International Studies, JNU. He has pursued...

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Ritika Shashwat, Young Professional, VIF

Ritika has completed her Masters in Politics with a specialization in International Relations from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal...

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Aniruddha Awalgaonkar, Young Professional, VIF

He is pursuing his BALLB from ILS Law College, Pune. He has interned with various national and international firms with work ranging from...

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