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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

Dr Arvind Gupta is the Director of the Vivekananda Foundation, New Delhi. He was the Deputy National Security Adviser and Secretary, National...

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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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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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Editors

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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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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Prof Sujit Dutta, Distinguished Fellow & Editor - National Security, VIF

Prof. Sujit Dutta, is a Distinguished Fellow and the Editor of the quarterly journal, National Security at the Vivekananda International...

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Senior Fellows

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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Raghvendra Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF

A former member of the Indian Administrative Service, Raghvendra Singh has headed The National Archives, The Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and...

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Research Fellows

Dr Saroj Bishoyi, Research Fellow, VIF

Dr Saroj Bishoyi is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Technology and Scientific Studies, VIF, New Delhi where his research focuses on India’s...

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Dr Arpita Anant, Research Fellow, VIF

Dr Arpita Anant is Research Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation. She holds a PhD in International Politics from Jawaharlal Nehru...

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Dr Suvro Parui, Research Fellow, VIF

Dr. Suvro Parui is a Research Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Dr. Parui held the position of Head of the...

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Associate Fellows

Prerna Gandhi, Associate Fellow, VIF

Prerna Gandhi is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. Previously she has completed her MPhil in Japanese...

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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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Dr Sweta Kumari, Associate Fellow, VIF

Dr Sweta Kumari is an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She holds a PhD in US Studies Programme from the...

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Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Dr. Pravesh Kumar Gupta is a Associate Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF). He has a doctoral degree in Central Asian Studies...

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Senior Research Associates

Hirak Jyoti Das, Senior Research Associate, VIF

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

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Anurag Sharma, Senior 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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Samir Bhattacharya, Senior Research Associate, VIF

Samir Bhattacharya is Senior Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation, where he works on geopolitics with particular reference...

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Research Associates

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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Dr Anil Kumar, Research Associate, VIF

Anil Kumar is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation. As a doctoral candidate at the Department of International...

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Heena Samant, Research Associate, 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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Research Assistants

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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Aarushi Gupta, Research Assistant, VIF

Aarushi Gupta is a post-graduate in International Studies from Symbiosis School of International Studies. Her MA dissertation was titled “...

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Rohith Krishna, Research Assistant, 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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Young Professionals

Umang Bhansali, Young Professional, VIF

Umang has completed his Master’s in Development Studies from School of Development Studies (SDS), Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD). He has done his...

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