< Back Ms Phantitra Ariel Phuphaphantakarn Phantitra Phuphaphantakarn, also known as Ariel Karn, is an OSCE-UNODA Arms Control Scholarship training alumni. She is also a research fellow at Center for Security Analyses and Prevention (based in Prague) specializing in arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation affairs and the Indo-Pacifc security. Phantitra's research interests rest on the area of the Third Nuclear Age and arms control, especially on the Indo-Pacific front. Phantitra is also running an armament and disarmament studies research team at The New Global Order (based in Rome). She is also a member of the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium, World Institute for Nuclear Security along with various Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) representative-related exclusive scholar networks. Publications

< Back Ms Simran Walia Simran Walia is a Research Associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies and has pursued M.Phil in Japanese Studies under the Centre of East Asian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research interests include Japanese politics and foreign policy, Indo-Pacific and East Asian foreign policy too. She has published articles and papers in Magazines and Journals like, 'The diplomat', Indian Defence Review and elsewhere. Publications

< Back Ms Ratih Indraswari Ms. Ratih Indraswari is a faculty at the Parahyangan Catholic University(UNPAR), in Bandung and currently a doctoral candidate at Ewha Womans University majoring in Political Science and International Relations under the HEAT (Higher Education ASEAN Talents) scholarship. Publications Strengthening the Technology-Culture Nexus Between ASEAN and South Korea. https://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/strengthening-technology-culture-nexus between-asean-and-south-korea ASEAN will Remain Important to Korea Under New Leader https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2022/03/16/asean-will-remain-important to-korea-under-new-leader.html Opinion Edition Inside Indonesia on Learning Abroad in the Time of COVID-19 https://www.insideindonesia.org/learning-abroad-in-the-time-of-covid-19-3.

< Back Pooja Bhatt Dr Pooja Bhatt is the author of Nine-Dash Line: Deciphering the South China Sea Conundrum (Knowledge World 2020). Besides working extensively on maritime issues-particularly Indo-Pacific and the South China Sea, Pooja writes on issues related to defence, and Asian Security Architecture. Dr Bhatt's articles and interviews are frequently published in several acclaimed newspapers both in India and internationally. Previously, she taught as an Assistant Professor in the School of Defence and Strategic Studies at the Rashtriya Raksha University, Gandhinagar. Prior to that, she worked at the Centre for Air Power Studies and the Indian Council of World Affairs. Dr Pooja Bhatt received her doctoral degree from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2021. She also holds a diploma in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Seas (UNCLOS) from Yeosu Academy, Korea Maritime Institute. She was a UGC NET Senior Research Fellow in Defence and Strategic Studies. Publications

< Back RIVA GANGULY DAS Editor-Foreign Policy Ambassador Das joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. She has served as High Commissioner to Bangladesh and Ambassador to Romania, Albania and Moldova and has served as Consul General in Shanghai and New York. She has also done postings in Spain and The Netherlands and has served in various capacities at Headquarters dealing with Nepal, Public Diplomacy, Passport & Consular, and United Nations. She has also served as the Director at the United Nations Economic and Social Affairs Division and participated in environmental negotiations, particularly climate change. She was also the Alternate Permanent Representative of India to the Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague. She has also served as Director General, Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Before her retirement she was Secretary (East) in the Ministry of External Affairs. rivagangulydas@gmail.com 123-456-7890

< Back Mr Saneet Chakradeo I am a Masters in International Affairs graduate from the LKY School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore. I have multiple years of experience working as a foreign policy analyst and an archival researcher in Delhi on multiple projects focused on historical Indian IR and strategy. I recently completed a stint as a research analyst in the foreign policy team at Brookings India (CSEP). There, I mainly worked on the Sambandh regional connectivity initiative, which focuses on India's connectivity in South Asia. Under the same, I solo authored a Brookings report on India's humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, and published opinion pieces in the Hindustan Times, South Asian Voices, and East Asia Forum. I have assisted faculty at Kings College London, NTU Singapore, National University of Singapore, and Boston University, with archival research, documentation, and interviews as part of research projects. Publications

< Back Dr Lina Gong Lina Gong is a Research Fellow with the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Programme at the Centre for Non-Traditional Security Studies, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University (NTU). She also received her PhD from NTU, in 2017. Her research interests are in non-traditional security studies in East Asia, humanitarian affairs, China’s foreign policy, and global governance. She has published several book chapters and articles on non-traditional security issues in Asia as well as on China’s foreign policy, in journals such as the Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, China Review, and the Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. Publications HADR as a Diplomatic Tool in Southeast Asia-China Relations amid Changing Security Dynamics: https://www.asiawereview.com/southeast-asia/hadr-as-a-diplomatic-tool-in-southeast-asia-china-relations-amid-changing-security-dynamics/ Financing ASEAN Disaster Management and Resilience: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/11/04/financing-asean-disaster-management-and-resilience/ The Rise of China and India’s Remote Humanitarian Aid: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/2021/07/29/the-rise-of-china-and-indias-remote-humanitarian-aid/

< Back Ms Yatharth Kachiar Dr Yatharth Kachiar is an Assistant Professor at Manipal Centre for European Studies. She teaches courses on Research Methodology, Theories of International Relations, Democracy, Human Rights and rule of law in EU. Dr. Yatharth is also the Coordinator for Research Committee at the department. She holds a MA in International Relations (JNU), and an M.Phil and Ph.D. from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her area of academic interests include EU's foreign policy, EU in Middle East, and India-EU relations. Publications

< Back Dr Nanda Kishor Dr. Nanda Kishor M S is an Associate Professor at Department of Politics and International Studies, Pondicherry University and formerly Head, Department of Geopolitics and International Relations and Coordinator of Centre for Polish and Central European Studies, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal. He holds an M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Political Science from Hyderabad Central University (HCU), Hyderabad, India and completed Postdoc at the University of Leiden, Netherlands, with ERASMUS MUNDUS Fellowship from the European Union. He has been teaching Geopolitics of West Asia, India’s Foreign Policy, Concept of War and Peace in Geopolitics, Terrorism and Asymmetric Conflicts. Dr. Kishor has been working on conflict resolution, West Asia (Middle East), refugees and international law. He was a recipient of the Short-Term Junior Research Fellowship from UNHCR, Brookings, Government of Finland and MCRG (Kolkata). He visited Hochschule University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany, on a short-term fellowship by the DAAD sponsored program of HS Bremen in 2012. He was part of the International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) by the United States during June-July 2013. He is a Senior Fellow at Defence Research and Studies (DRaS) in India, Non-Resident Fellow of Middle East Institute New Delhi, Advisor and Subject Expert for COVINTS, a Bangalore based Risk Analyst Company, Analyst at Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism (London), Visiting Fellow to AIDIA (Kathmandu), was Features Editor (Security Studies) of Science, Technology and Security forum (MARG-MAHE). He has several publications in journals and edited volumes. Publications

< Back Dr Justin Joseph Justin Joseph is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, GITAM (Deemed to be University) Hyderabad. Previously, He was the head of the Department of Political Science, at Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, Chennai. Dr Joseph Obtained his Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations from IIT Madras. He was awarded the ‘General Scholar Fellowship’ by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Government of India and the Ministry of Education, Government of the People's Republic of China, for conducting PhD fieldwork in China from September 2017 to July 2018. He was a visiting scholar at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) and Shanghai University in 2016 and 2017 respectively. He has published his works in journals such as China Report, Environment Development and Sustainability, Risk Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy and Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. He serves the scholarly community through his capacity as a reviewer for Oxford University Press, Elsevier, Springer and Wiley journals. He is also a Co-Principal Investigator for an on-going ICSSR-funded research project on the economy-ecology dichotomy in India and China (IIT Madras). Publications Joseph, J., (2023). State, Society and Environmental Security in International Relations Theory. Fudan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Springer Nature Publications https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40647-022-00363-9#article-info Joseph, J., & Karackattu, J. T. (2022). Public protests and environmental policy making: Xiamen anti-PX protests in China and civic movement against Kodaikanal Mercury poisoning in India. Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy, Wiley Publications https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rhc3.12251 Joseph, J., & Karackattu, J. T. (2022). State actions and the environment: examining the concept of ecological security in China. Environment, Development and Sustainability, Springer Nature Publications https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-021-01982-0

< Back Mr Sivendra Michael Sivendra Michael is a Pacific development practitioner with over 10 years’ experience in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction fields. His skills range from managing, and coordinating regional projects and, providing technical advisory. Publications

Lt. Gen. Hooda (Retd) is a Co-founder and Director of the Centre for Defense and Security of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research. Lt. Gen. Hooda was commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles in 1976 and initially served in Nagaland during the peak of insurgency. < Back Lt. Gen. Hooda (Retd) Lt. Gen. Hooda (Retd) is a Co-founder and Director of the Centre for Defense and Security of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research. Lt. Gen. Hooda was commissioned into the 4th Battalion of the 4th Gorkha Rifles in 1976 and initially served in Nagaland during the peak of insurgency. As a Major General, he was responsible for counter-insurgency operations in Manipur and South Assam. From 2012 to 2016, Lt. Gen. Hooda was stationed in Jammu and Kashmir and retired as the Army Commander of Northern Command in 2016. During this time, he handled numerous strategic challenges that emerged on the borders with Pakistan and China. Lt. Gen. Hooda has been awarded the Vasishta Seva Medal (twice), the Ati Vasishta Seva Medal, the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal for his exemplary military service. In 2019 Lt. Gen. Hooda authored a comprehensive National Security Strategy document. He is one of India’s foremost commentators on India’s national security