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In a career spanning over four decades in the Indian Army, Lieutenant General Raj Shukla has seen extensive service in the field - he commanded a Medium Regiment in the Eastern / Desert Theatres, an Infantry Brigade in Counter Insurgency Operations, an Infantry Division along the Line of Control in the Kashmir Valley and a Pivot Corps along the Western Borders. < Back Lieutenant General Raj Shukla Lieutenant General Raj Shukla has seen extensive service in the field - he commanded a Medium Regiment in the Eastern / Desert Theatres, an Infantry Brigade in Counter Insurgency Operations, an Infantry Division along the Line of Control in the Kashmir Valley and a Pivot Corps along the Western Borders. An alumni of the Defence Services Staff College - Wellington, the College of Defence Management - Secunderabad and the National Defence College - New Delhi, the General Officer has served two tenures at the Military Operations Directorate dealing with Doctrines / Force Structuring and was the Director General, Perspective Planning, addressing issues relating to Military Futures and Force Modernisation. He has also been Commandant of the Indian Army’s prestigious training establishment and think tank - the Army War College. The General officer has participated in 11 th Indo-Pacific Armies Chiefs Conference -XI(IPACC-XI) at Bangkok, Thailand, and is a keen watcher of the Indo-Pacific. A professional aviator, General Shukla has an abiding interest in strategic – military affairs. He has authored close to 50 articles / publications and lectured / participated in more than 150 talks / seminars in India and abroad. As the 22 nd General Officer Commanding- In-Chief of the Indian Army’s Training Command (ARTRAC) the officer made noteworthy contributions to India’s Strategic - Military Futures, Technological Innovation, Professional Military Education and Capacity Building.

< Back Mr Cyriac S Pampackal Cyriac S Pampackal is currently a research scholar at the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. He is a former Assistant Professor of Political Science on contract at Mar Athanasius College (Autonomous), Kothamangalam, Kerala. He is a former intern at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. He finished his M.Phil. and Maters in Politics and International Relations from the School of International Relations and Politics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala. He has presented several papers at various international conferences and national seminars. He has published in several journals and has written several book chapters. He is researching India’s maritime policy in the Indo-Pacific region from 2014 to 2024. His other areas of interest are South Asian geopolitics, National Security and Counter-Terrorism, Environmental Security, India’s Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory. Publications

< Back Ms Sanchari Ghosh Ms Ghosh is a PhD candidate at the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. She has previously worked as a Research Assistant at the same department in the RUSA 2.0 sponsored project entitled, "Issues in Global South: Eastern Perspectives". She has been a visiting faculty at Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata and the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata. Publications Why the Indo-Pacific Business Summit Matters for India, published by The Diplomat on July 13, 2021https://thediplomat.com/2021/07/why-the-indo-pacific-business-summit-matters-for-india/ Covid-19: Withdrawal of Globalization or Dawn of a New World Order?, published by The Geopolitics on April 12, 2020 https://thegeopolitics.com/covid-19-withdrawal-of-globalization-or-dawn-of-a-new-world-order/

< Back Mr Balasubramanian Chandrashekar I am a Senior Research Officer at C3S, with additional responsibilities as the head of media & outreach, and as a programme director for internships. I am also an editor and compiler of the fortnightly bulletin "China Watch". My expertise is on Sino-Russia relations in the current changing world order. My areas of interest include China’s Foreign Policy, India’s Foreign Policy including Neighbourhood and Maritime Affairs. In the said direction, I have researched on topics ranging from Science & Technology in China, Geo-economics & Statecraft, Indo-Pacific Affairs among several others. Much of my research is reflected in my publications and talks at various fora on strategic affairs. Publications

< Back Aswani RS Dr. Aswani RS, Assistant Professor (Senior Scale), School of Liberal Studies, UPES, Dehradun is an interdisciplinary scholar whose research interests lie at the intersection of security, strategy and environment, such as Environmental Politics, Geopolitics, Sustainability and Indo-Pacific. She has a PhD and M.Phil from the University of Kerala in Maritime Security and a Master's from the University of Hyderabad. Her M.Phil thesis on India- Maldives Geo-strategic Relations received the Best Dissertation Award from T.V.Paul, McGill University, Canada. She has widely published in Scopus and WoS journals in the areas of Energy, Environment and Security- a nexus that aligns with her research interests. Publications

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< Back Dr Samuwel Chaminda Padmakumara S. Chaminda Padmakumara is the current Head of the Department of International Relations Faculty of Arts, University of Colombo and he has obtained PhD in International Relations from South Asian University, New Delhi. Publications

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< Back Anehi Mundra Dr. Mundra is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Amity University, Madhya Pradesh. She has received her Doctoral and Master's degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a visiting scholar at Sichuan University, China. Her areas of research include Climate Change Adaptation, Climate Politics, India and South Asia's approach in International climate negotiations. Publications

< Back Mr Gujjeti Anudeep Gujjeti Anudeep is a PhD candidate from the Department of Political Science, University of Hyderabad. He is currently working on Neo-Classical Realism and Indo-Japan relations in the Post-Cold War period. He completed his M.Phil and Masters in Political Science from the University of Hyderabad. Previously, he has worked as Research Associate at Council for Social Development, an ICSSR Institute, Hyderabad. He has convened a two-day national seminar on “Status of Health Indicators in Telangana since 2014” and worked on various other projects. He has had his articles published in The Diplomat, The Hindu, Businessline and ORCA-India. His research interests include Indian Foreign Policy, Japanese Foreign Policy, Indo-Japan relations, Indo-Pacific, Soft Power, and Non-traditional security. Publications

< Back Mr Arjun Gargeyas Arjun Gargeyas is a Research Analyst working with the High Tech Geopolitics programme at the Takshashila Institution. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from RV College of Engineering in Bangalore. Prior to Takshashila, he worked with NVIDIA and Cisco along with short stints at The Dialogue and the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoEFCC). Arjun's interests lies at the intersection of foreign, technology, energy and environment policy. My interest for the Indo-Pacific Circle lies with my interest in understanding China's technology ecosystem and how Chinese foreign policy has been influenced by its rise in the science and technology domains. I also want to understand the rise in China's technological footprint across the Indo-Pacific. Publications

< Back Mr Thong Mengdavid Thong Mengdavid is a Research Fellow at the Mekong Center for Strategic Studies, Asian Vision Institute where he focuses on writing research papers focusing on ASEAN, U.S.-China relations, and regional security and politics. He holds an MA in Political Science from the School of International and Public Affairs, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China. Publications