< Back VAdm ANIL K CHAWLA Editor-Maritime Affairs VAdm Anil K Chawla is the former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR. He joined the National Defence Academy in Jan 1978. Commissioned in the Indian Navy on 01 Jan 1982, he specialized in Navigation and Direction in 1988 and subsequently navigated two of the Navy’s frontline frigates. On promotion to the rank of Vice Admiral, he took over as the Director General of Naval Operations on 31 Dec 2014. He took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command, Kochi on 31 Jul 18. Vice Admiral Chawla was conferred the Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 Jan 13 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal on 26 Jan 2015 for distinguished service. He was conferred with the honorary title of Aide-De-Camp to the President of India on 01 Dec 2019. He was awarded the Param Vishisht Medal for distinguished service of the highest order on 26 Jan 2020. akchawlanav@csdronline.com 123-456-7890

< Back Ms Gayathri Iyer Gayathri Iyer has formerly served as a Junior Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, in its Strategic Studies Program, where she focused on research analysis and publications on maritime trade and connectivity, space engagements, energy security and infrastructure sustainability. She holds a Double MSc in Public Policy and Human Development, from the United Nations University (and Maastricht University), with a thesis on ‘The Extent of Impact of Greening Seaports on International Trade Competitiveness’. She served as an Expert Panelist at Deakin Law School, presenting research on ‘Sustainable and Secure maritime Infrastructure in Indo-Pacific Region’. She also co-conceptualized, managed and facilitated the ‘Ocean Dialogue’ of 2017, on the nautical commons, with the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Publications East Meets East: An Assessment of the Proposed Chennai-Vladivostok Maritime Corridor: https://www.orfonline.org/research/east-meets-east-an-assessment-of-the-proposed-chennai-vladivostok-maritime-corridor/ Re-envisioning the future of Asian regionalism in the Post COVID19 Era: https://www.orfonline.org/research/re-envisioning-the-future-of-asian-regionalism-in-the-post-covid-19-era-66700// Sunk Costs: COVID-19 and the Maritime Industry: https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/sunk-costs-covid19-and-the-maritime-industry-64985/

< Back Ms Aakriti Sethi Aakriti Sethi is a doctoral candidate at the US Studies Program, Centre for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies (CCUS&LAS), School of International Studies (SIS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She completed her MPhil in US studies from the same and a Masters of Arts degree in Geopolitics and International Relations (MAGIR) from Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Karnataka. She has acquired internship experience at the North America centre of Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies & Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi and Kalinga Institute of Indo-Pacific Studies (KIIPS), Bhubaneswar. Her areas of interest include US foreign policy, US-Japan relations, US-China relations, Indo-Pacific region, East Asian security, US domestic politics and India's foreign policy. Publications

Dr. Happymon Jacob is the Founder and Director of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research. < Back Editor-In-Chief: Dr. Happymon Jacob Dr Happymon Jacob is the founder and director of CSDR. He directs CSDR’s research and activities across divisions. He is an Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Disarmament at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU). Dr Jacob has held various academic and research positions and is an accomplished author, having written the books ‘Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics’ (OUP, 2019) and ‘Line of Control: Traveling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies’ (Penguin Viking, 2018).

< Back Dr Anil P Anil Kumar P is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at, and the Head of, the Department of Political Science, Panamapilli Memorial Govt. College. He holds an MPhil and PhD from the University of Kerala, where he also serves as a Research Guide in Political Science. He is also the Vice President of the Association of Political Scientists, Kerala and is the Editor of the University College Journal of Politics and Society. During the Kerala Assembly elections of 2011, he held the post of Supervisor in the CNN-IBN-The Week Election Survey conducted by Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi, and was the only Indian to be selected for the Study of United States Institute for Scholars Programme on US Foreign Policy Conducted by the US State Department. He has authored several book chapters on India’s maritime security policy, its relationship with Japan and the United States, and India’s concerns with China. Publications

< Back Dr Sitakanta Mishra Dr. Sitakanta Mishra is currently an Associate Professor of International Relations in the School of Liberal Studies of Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU, formerly PDPU), Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India). He is also the Managing Editor of Liberal Studies journal published by School of Liberal Studies (SLS) of PDPU, Gujarat. Previously, he was a Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi, and a Guest Faculty at the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He was also the Associate Editor of the Indian Foreign Affairs Journal published by the Association of Indian Diplomats, Sapru House, New Delhi. Publications

< Back DR GAURAV SAINI EXECUTIVE EDITOR gauravsaini@csdronline.com Dr. Saini holds a PhD in International Politics from the Centre for International Politics, Organization, and Disarmament at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His doctoral thesis titled “India’s Strategic Culture: A study of Indian thinking on China, 1998-2014” focuses on contemporary Indian strategic thought with a particular emphasis on China. His research interests include foreign policy, strategic culture, defense industry, regionalism, and conflict resolution. Currently, he is an Emerging Quad Think Tank Leader, a part of the U.S. State Department’s Leaders Lead on Demand program. The program brings together 20 thought leaders (5 from each of the 4 Quad countries) to work together on various aspects of the Quad in the Indo Pacific region. At CSDR, he is responsible for product design and partnerships. gauravsaini@csdronline.com 123-456-7890

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< Back Dr Kaustav Padmapati Dr. Kaustav Padmapati is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Department of Political Science, Royal School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Assam Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam. He teaches Political Science and International Relations at graduate and undergraduate level. He was also a guest faculty at Centre for South East Asian Study, Gauhati University. Previously, he also worked as Programme Officer at the Foreign Policy Division of Ananta Aspen Centre in New Delhi. Dr. Kaustav is a recipient of the Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Fellowship and was associated with the Center for Asian Studies, School of International Service, American University, Washington DC, USA as Visiting Fulbright Research Scholar and Adjunct Faculty. Kaustav holds a PhD. and M.Phil. in American Studies from the Center for Canadian, US & Latin American Studies, SIS, JNU, New Delhi. His research areas include China, Taiwan, East Asia, and Southeast Asia, ASEAN, US Foreign Policy, International relations, gender and alternative sexuality. Publications

< Back Genevieve Bridget May Genevieve Donnellon-May is a geopolitical and global strategy advisor interested in regional resource conflict and environmental governance in Asia and Africa. At present, she is a researcher for the Oxford Global Society, a Research Associate at the Asia Society Policy Institute and an Analyst (Asia-Pacific) for the Red Line Podcast. She has held positions as the 2022 Young Australians in International Affairs Climate Fellow as well as at the Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, and the Asian Institute for Policy Studies, South Korea. She is a recipient of the New Colombo Plan Scholarship (2018), the Melbourne Global Scholars Award (2017), and the Chinese Government Scholarship (2014). Genevieve frequently contributes to leading newspapers, journals, and other media on transboundary water governance in Asia. These include AsiaGlobal Online, Asia Sentinel, Asia Times, ASPI Strategist, Australian Institute of International Affairs, Cambridge China Review, East Asia Forum, Indian Strategic Studies, New Straits Times, RSIS Commentary, South China Morning Post, Straits Times, The Diplomat, ThePrint India, ThinkChina, Today Online, and the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Diploma in Languages (French) from the University of Melbourne as well as a Master of Science in Water Science, Policy and Management from the University of Oxford. Publications

Mr Nitin Pai is co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy based in Bangalore. His research includes cyber and space power, Indo-Pacific geopolitics, and defence economics. < Back Nitin Pai Nitin Pai is co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy. His current research includes information warfare and the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific. He teaches international relations, public policy and ethical reasoning at Takshashila Institution’s graduate programmes. Nitin is currently a columnist with Mint, Sakal and ThePrint. His book "Nitopadesha - Moral Tales for Good Citizens" is currently under publication. He is the co-editor of "India's Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World Order" published in 2020. He is currently a member of the Chief Minister of Karnataka's Vision Group on Higher Education. Earlier in his career Nitin worked on satellite design, undersea cable projects and RF communications before joining the Singapore government, where he spent more than a decade as a policymaker in the technology sector. He was a gold medalist from the National University of Singapore’s LKY School of Public Policy, an undergraduate scholar at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and an alum of National College, Bangalore. His writings are available at https://www.nitinpai.in

< Back Mr Nahian Reza Sabriet Nahian Reza Sabriet is Research Officer at the Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS). He has finished his regular undergraduate and post-graduate courses from the Department of International Relations, University of Dhaka. Publications