Anurag Sharma has completed MPhil in Politics and International Relations on 'International Security' at the Dublin City University in Ireland, in 2018. His thesis is titled as “The Islamic State Foreign Fighter Phenomenon and the Jihadi Threat to India”. Anurag’s main research interests are terrorism and the Internet, Cybersecurity, Countering Violent Extremism/Online (CVE), Radicalisation, Counter-terrorism and Foreign (Terrorist) Fighters.

Prior to joining the Vivekananda International Foundation, Anurag was employed as a Research Assistant at Institute for Conflict Management. As International affiliations, he is a Junior Researcher at TSAS (The Canadian Network for Research on Terrorism, Security, And Society) in Canada; and an Affiliate Member with AVERT (Addressing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation to Terrorism) Research Network in Australia.

Anurag Sharma has an MSc in Information Security and Computer Crime, major in Computer Forensic from University of Glamorgan (now University of South Wales) in United Kingdom and has an online certificate in ‘Terrorism and Counterterrorism’ from Leiden University in the Netherlands, and an online certificate in ‘Understanding Terrorism and the Terrorist Threat’ from the University of Maryland, the United States.

Contributions 
The Growing Problem of Digital Arrest Scams in Bharat “‘Stop’, then ‘Think’, and then take ‘Action’; these three steps will become the protector of your digital security.” [1] - Narendra Modi, Prime Mi...

Ganderbal Attack 2024: The Emergence of Pakistan-Sponsored TRF Pakistan has been sponsoring terrorism in Bharat for over the past 30 years to undermine the stability of the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (hereafter J&K) and other parts of the country. Post-nullification of Article 370 in 2019, J&K did...

Islamic Radical Preacher Zakir Naik’s Visit to Pakistan एकं हन्यान्न वा हन्यादिषुः क्षिप्तो धनुष्मता। प्राज्ञेन तु मतिः क्षिप्ता हन्याद्गर्भगतानप�...

Deepfakes: A Threat to National Security in the Digital Era मिथ्याज्ञानं तमोगुणः संशयात्मा यदा जायते। तदा जगदिदं सर्वं भ्रान्तं व्यामोहमोहितम्॥ (Engli...

Arshia Goswami: Bharat’s Youngest Weightlifter Defying Gravity of Expectation बलेन लापेकस्तिठति बलमुपास्वेति | - Chhandogya Upanishad (7.8.1) {English Translation: “The world's existence is dependent on Strength. Be devoted to Strength”} Bharat is a nation wher...

Book Published / Book Reviews 
What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat by Prof Louise Richardson, Publishers: Random House/New York, 2006, USD 25.95 Professor Louise Richardson’s book “What Terrorists Want” is one of the primers on the study of terrorism. The book is organised in two parts— 1) The Terrorists, consists of five chapters and 2) The Counter terrorists which consists of...

VIF Briefs 
The Curious Case of Huawei China’s journey from being an agrarian economy to one of the largest economies with a strong military and cyber capabilities is commendable. However, its military and cyber capabilities are built upon relentless efforts to steal critical military a...

Jammu and Kashmir Security Review 2018 -What lies ahead? … continuing Pakistani support to the militants groups, terrorism in the Kashmir Valley is unlikely vanish anytime soon … however the support system to anti-India activities in the Valley is being continuously degraded … welfare and development...

Event Reports 
Book Discussion on Terror Financing in Kashmir On 01 August 2024, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) hosted a comprehensive book discussion on Dr Abhinav Pandya’s book titled Terror Financing in Kashmir. Under the aegis of Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, the event brought toge...

VIF-FICCI Homeland Security Conference 2023: Cyber, AI & Data Analytics for Internal Security There has been much contemplation on the development of new technologies and their role in the progress of our societies. It is widely observed that when a nation is on a progress path with new technologies, the security aspect has been the least con...

New Trends in Terrorism On 25 November 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a brainstorming session on the “New Trends in Terrorism”, focussing on the lessons learned from the 2008 Mumbai Terror attacks. Under the Chatham House Rules, ...

Radicalization in India- An Exploration Bharat has been at the receiving end of radicalisation and Islamic terrorism for over three decades. In the study of terrorism/counter-terrorism, the terms radicalisation, religious extremism, and terrorism are frequently used interchangeably. To exp...

VIF-FICCI Conference 2022; Making India a Global Drone Hub On 01-02 September 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) jointly organised a two-day conference on Making India a Global Drone Hub in New Delhi, India. The t...

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