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We would also like to say that we appreciate the analytical work of Defence and Security Alert in the field of Security, India-China relations, and other South Asia related topics, which we find very deep and thoughtful. We are also very impressed by analytical materials published in your magazine and we wish to establish partnership between our organizations. We are currently launching a new section on our web-page: "the International Relations sight of the week". We would be happy to present web-page of Defence and Security Alert in that section.
May you continue to grow and , in the process, educate people on defe nce and security matters about which there is so much of ignorance in this cou ntry. Prakash Singh, IPS (Retd) Noida
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In its relatively short existence, Defence and Security Alert (DSA) has provided the world's security and defence professionals with invaluable regional insight. At TechMondial we digest eagerly the monthly DSA, as it delivers relevant and topical information that relates directly to commercial and strategic opportunities for us and our global partners. We wish DSA continued success. Philip Brennan Managing Director at TechMondial Limited London, United Kingdom
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I would like to congratulate you for the magazine you are publishing, it looks really great and i enjoyed the read, since it gave me information on a geostrategical area I am not greatly familiar with. I mostly research Strategic Theory, CounterTerrorism and Security Analyses. Panagiotis Bakalis, Political Scientist | MA in War Studies | Strategic and Military Theory Greece Founder and Director Pencari UK
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Abhijit Iyer-Mitra (Mr) Programme Coordinator at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Abhinav Dutta Post Graduate Research Scholar, Master of Arts Adina Macovei (Ms) Head of Unit in a Department in the Romanian Ministry of Interior. Aditi Chatterjee (Ms) The writer is Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi,India. Aditi Malhotra (Ms) Associate Fellow, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India. Aditya Sharma 13-years-old and he is studying in the Navy Children School, Delhi Aditya Sharma The poet is a 13 year old boy and he is studying in the Navy Children School, Delhi. Son of Commodore Vivek Sharma and Dr Pooja Sharma, he likes to read and learn more about space. Aditya Singh (Lt Gen, retd) Former GOC-in-C, Southern Command, Indian Army. Afsir Karim (Maj Gen, retd) well known military scholar and author of repute. AG Thomas (Col, retd) Commissioned in EME prior to the ‘71 war and later seconded to DRDO. Ahmad Reza Taheri (Dr) An assistant professor of political science at Vellayat University, Iran. Air Chief Marshal N C Suri PVSM, AVSM, VM Former Chief Of Indian Air Force (1991-1993) Ajai Sahni (Dr) Executive Director, Institute for Conflict Management and South Asia Terrorism Portal. Ajey Lele (Dr) Research fellow at IDSA, New Delhi. Ajit Doval (KC, IPS, retd) Veteran Army administrator and academician. AK Hukku (Maj Gen, retd) Former Chief Military Intelligence Advisor. Post retirement speaks at international seminars. AK Tiwary (Air Vice Marshal, retd) Veteran AF Commander and Head of Training Team (Air) at DSSC. Albert Louis (Capt, retd) Founder and CEO of Specialist Advisory and Intervention Group Mumbai, India. Ali Ahmed (Dr) Assistant Professor at the Nelson Mandela Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. Alka Goswami (Col, Dr, retd) Served in the Indian Army for 36 years. Amir Rapaport (Mr) Founder and Editor-in-chief of Israel Defense Magazine, Israel. Amitabh Thakur (IPS) An officer of UP cadre presently working in Economic Offences Wing at Meerut. Amit Cowshish (Mr) Former Financial Adviser (Acquisition) and Additional Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Govt of India. Amit Gupta (Mr) Associate Professor in the Dept of International Security Studies at the USAF Air War College, Montgomery, USA. Amit K Maitra (Dr) Chairman and CEO of the Foundation for Emerging Solutions, Washington DC, USA Amit K Maitra Founding member and president of the Foundation for Emerging Solutions. Amit Ranjan (Dr) Research Fellow in Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi. Anand V (Mr) Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University. AN Hanfee (Wg Cdr, retd) Former Deputy Director of helicopter fleet of IAF in Air HQ. Anil Jai Singh (Cmde, retd) A former submarine commander, now Vice President of the Indian Maritime Foundation. Anil Sharma (Brig, Dr, retd) Prof cum Director – SA in the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Animesh Roul (Mr) Executive Director and Co-founder of Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict, New Delhi. Ankita Srivastava (Lt Col, retd) Allahabad’s first girl to join the pioneer batch of Indian Army, now security officer, SBI. Anna Louise Strachan (Ms) PhD scholar at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. Anoop AJ (Mr) An expert on Left Wing Extremism and researcher with Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. Anshu Paliwal (Ms) Research associate in the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun, India. Anupam Mondal (Dr) Scientist “F” and Jt. Director, INMAS, Delhi. Anuradha M Chenoy (Prof) Professor, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Anuradha Ravi The writer retired as Additional Director, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India in May 2014 after 29 years of service. Prior to joining the DRDO, she was Senior Science Editor with Macmillan Publishers, Delhi. She has several papers on S&T communication and IT to her credit. She is the co-editor of two books: “Bibliographic Databases and Networks” by Tata McGraw Hill and ‘Medical Informatics’, brought out by Society for Bio Medical Technology. She received the National Science Day Oration Medal and Popular Science Communication Award during her service. Her popular articles have appeared in national dailies. Her fields of special interest are S&T communication with reference to new information technologies and knowledge management.
Anuradha Sajjanhar (Ms) Working as a Research Assistant at a premier think tank in New Delhi. Arjun Singh (Mr) An Independent Cyber Advisor. Arjun Subramanian P (Mr) An engineering graduate, masters in East Asian Studies, now Associate Fellow at CAPS, New Delhi. Arpita Basu Roy (Dr, Ms) Fellow at the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata. Aruna Bahuguna (IPS) First woman IPS Officer of AP and first woman to head The National Police Academy (NPA). Arundhati Ghose (IFS, retd) Former Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UNESCO. Arun Kumar Singh (Vice Adm, retd) Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, of the Eastern Naval Command, Indian Navy. Arun Mohanty (Dr) Teaches at School of International Studies, New Delhi and editor-in-chief of Eurasian Report. Arun Prakash (Adm, retd) Former Indian Navy Chief and Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee. Arun Sahgal (Brig, Dr, retd) Consultant with IPCS and Founder Director Net Assessment, Integrated Defence Staff, Indian Navy. Arun Vishawanathan (Dr) Assistant Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. Arun Vishwanathan(Dr) The writer is the assistant professor, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. Arvind Gupta (Dr) Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair in Strategic and Defence Studies, IDSA New Delhi. Arvind Kumar (Dr) Prof. and Head of Dept of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal University, India. Arvind Sharma (Lt Gen, retd) Former General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Army Command, Indian Army. AS Bawa (Dr) Director, Food Research Laboratory, Mysore, India. Asha Kale (Lt Col, retd) Working in a defence company in the field of business development. Ashok Behuria (Dr) The writer is Fellow and Coordinator, South Asia Centre at IDSA, New Delhi. Ashok Parthasarathi (Prof) Former Secretary to the Govt of India. Ashok Sajjanhar (Amb) Career diplomat, served as Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan, Sweden and Latvia. Ashutosh Kr Mishra Executive Director of Transparency International India Bachaspatimayum Sunzu (Mr) Chief of Bureau, Manipur, NETV. Specialist in North-east affairs. Bharat Lather PostGraduate in Defence Studies, Punjab University, Chandigarh Bidanda Chengappa (Dr) Associated with the Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, India. BK Khanna (Brig, Dr, retd) Former Founder Senior consultant NDMA, New Delhi. BK Pandey (Air Marshal, retd) Former AOC-in-C HQ Training Command, IAF, Bengaluru. BN Gokhale (Air Marshal, retd) Former Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Indian Air Force. Bonji Ohara (Capt, retd) T Research fellow at Tokyo Foundation, Tokyo, Japan. BR Deepak (Dr) Associate professor, Centre of Chinese and Southeast Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi. BS Pawar (Lt Gen, retd) Fought the 1971 war, member of the Governing Council of the Rotary Wing Society of India. BV Kumar (IRS, retd) Former Director-General (Revenue Intelligence) Govt. of India. Cecil Victor (Mr) Veteran War Correspondent and author. Chintamani Mahapatra (Prof) Professor, School of International Studies of JNU, New Delhi. Chitranjan Sawant (Brig, retd) A well-known commentator on television and radio. Claude Arpi (Mr) Senior journalist and author of repute. Cmde S Govind (retd) Headed the directorates of submarine operations and submarine acquisition at Naval Headquarters. Cmdt Sudhir Kumar Commandant (PRO / OPS) in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Damien Martin (Mr) An IT and Security professional, Director for the IACSP Japan. Dani Reshef (Mr) Manager and owner of www.globaljihad.net Dattesh D Prabhu Parulekar (Dr) Asst Prof at the UGC Centre for Latin American Studies, Goa University, India. David R Leffler (Dr) Executive Director at the Center for Advanced Military Science (CAMS) and teaches IDT, USA. DB Shekatkar (Lt Gen, Dr, retd) Former Additional Director General Military operations, Indian Army. Debalina Chatterjee (Ms) Research Associate at the Centre for Air Power Studies, Western Air Command. Deba R Mohanty (Mr) Senior fellow in Security Studies at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Deepshikha Hooda Freelance writer and co-author of ‘Gujjars and Bakkarwals of Jammu and Kashmir. Dheeraj PC The writer is an independent security analyst with primary focus on intelligence and national security. My articles on intelligence, counterterrorism and defence related issues have appeared in academic journals, newspapers and several security websites like Science, Technology and Security Forum (stsfor) and Indian Defence Review. He graduated with an MA in Geopolitics and International Relations from Manipal University before pursuing MPhil in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Dhiraj Kukreja (Air Marshal, retd) Chief instructor in Air Force Station, Yelahanka, AOC-in-C of Training Command, Indian Air Force.
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Joyeeta Bhattacharjee Research Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. JV Singh (Gp Capt, retd) Senior Fellow with Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi. Dhruv C Katoch (Maj Gen, retd) Additional Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi, India.
KA Badarinath Associate Editor, Financial Chronicle
Diana Mehra Assistant Editor of Defence and Security Alert Magazine and Food and Beverage Buzz Magazine
Kalakad V Ganapathy (Mr) A freelancer based in Bangalore writing on security issues.
Dilip Bhardwaj (Lt Gen, retd) Former Director General, Mechanised Forces, Indian Army.
Kalim Bahadur (Prof) Former Professor of South Asian Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
Dinavahi Shyamala (Ms) Assistant Inspector General / Pers in CISF HQrs, New Delhi.
Kalyani Unkule (Ms) Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean (Research and International Collaborations) at JGLS.
Dipankar Banerjee (Maj Gen, retd) Former Chief Instructor, Indian Army.
Kalyan K Mitra (IPS, retd) Former Director, Aviation Research Centre and Principal Director, DG Security.
DK Pathak IPS Director General, Border Security Force
Kamala Kanta Dash (Mr) Alumnus at Monash Asia Institute, Writes on police in the criminal justice system.
Dominika Cosic (Ms) Specialises in NATO and the Balkans issues. She is correspondent (Europe) of DSA magazine.
Kamal Davar, (Lt Gen, retd) A distinguished soldier and the first DG, Defence Intelligence Agency.
Dorin Muresan Head of Security and Regime Service at Dej Prison Hospital in Romania.
Kamlesh Bajaj (Dr) CEO, Data Security Council of India – a NASSCOM initiative. Founder Director of CERT-In.
Dr Ajit T Kalghatgi Chairman of BEL-THALES Systems Limited and Director (R&D) of Bharat Electronics Ltd
Kanwal Sibal (Amb Dr) Former Foreign Secretary Govt of India.
Dr S Kalyanaraman Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi
Kapil Dhanraj Patil (Mr) Research Associate at the Indian Pugwash Society.
Dr Temjenmeren Ao Associate Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS), New Delhi
Karan Singh Yadava (Lt Gen, retd) Former DG, Assam Rifles and VC, YMCA University of Science and Technology Faridabad.
EN Ram Mohan (IPS, retd) Former DG Border Security Force.
Kiran Bedi (IPS, Dr, retd) The first woman officer of Indian Police Service and Magsaysay award winner.
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Kiren Rijiju (Mr) Former Member of Parliament (14th Lok Sabha) representing Arunachal Pradesh (West).
Ganesh Raj Tax Partner and National Policy Leader, Policy Advisory Group at EY India
K Kanakaraju (Mr) Technical Director for System Controls Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd., Bangalore.
Gaurav Kumar (Mr) An independent observer and writer on peace and conflict in South Asia.
KPM DasVice President, National Security and Defence Solutions, Cisco Systems.
Gautam Banerjee (Lt Gen, retd) Former Chief of Staff, Central Command.
Kriti Singh Associate Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi.
GD Bakshi (Maj Gen, Dr, retd) Editor-in-chief Defence and Security Alert magazine.
K Santhanam (Mr) Padama Bhushan, Former Director General, IDSA, New Delhi, Programme Coordinator of the Pokhran II campaign.
Gen S Roychowdhury PVSM, AVSM (Retd) Former Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army
Kshitij Aditeya Singh (Mr) Independent Consultant for emerging technology applications in security and defence.
Gerald Geer (Mr) Director of publications at Maharishi University of Management, Fairfield, USA.
KS Sidhu (Prof) Former Head, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies and Registrar, Punjab University Patiala.
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (IFS, retd) Former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan.
K Subrahmanyam (Mr Late) Former Director Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.
Gopalji Malviya (Prof) Head, Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Madras, Chennai.
Kunwar Vikram Singh (Mr) Chairman of Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI).
Gp Capt Joseph Noronha (Retd) MiG-21 pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor
K Vijay Rama Rao (IPS, retd) Former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation, Govt of India, New Delhi.
GS Khurana (Cdr) Executive Director of National Maritime Foundation (NMF), New Delhi.
KV Kuber (Col, Retd) Adviser with the DRDO for Technology Acquisitions.
Gurmeet Kanwal (Brig retd) Director, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi.
KV Rajan (Amb) Has served as India’s Ambassador in France, USA, UK, Zambia, Algeria and Nepal.
Gyan Prakash Pilania (IPS, retd) Former Director General, Police Rajasthan.
Laxman K Behera (Dr) Research Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.
Hari Saran (Prof) Professor of Defence and Strategic Studies, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.
Lora Saalman (Dr) An associate at the Carnegie-Tsinghua Center for Global Policy in Beijing.
Haroun Mir (Mr) Director of Afghanistan’s Center for Research and Policy Studies, Kabul.
Lt Col (Dr) Mohit Nayal PhD (Political Science) from HNB Garhwal University and is a serving officer
Harsh K Sinha (Dr) Reader, Dept of Defence and Strategic Studies in DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India.
Lt Gen BS Nagal PVSM, AVSM, SM (Retd) Director, Centre
Harsh V Pant (Dr) Reader in International Relation at King’s College London.
Lt General (Dr) Vijay Kumar Saxena PVSM, AVSM, VSM (Retd) Served as the Additional Director General Army Air Defence at
Hideaki Kaneda (Vice Adm, retd) Director for Okazaki Institute and an Adjunct Fellow of the Japan Institute of International Affairs.
Army HQ of Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence
HK Bhattacharyya (IPS, retd) Authority on illegal migration from Bangladesh and North-east affairs.
Lt Gen GD Singh (Retd) Deputy Chief of Army Staff
HN Das (IAS, retd) Former Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam.
Lt Gen Philip Campose PVSM, AVSM, VSM** (Retd) Former Vice Chief of the Indian Army.
Hormis Tharakan (IPS, retd) Former Secretary (R) in the Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India and DG Police, Kerala.
Luis Peral (Mr) Security expert from Spain.
HS Lidder (Lt Gen, retd) Former Chief of Integrated Service Command (CISC), IDS, Indian Army
LV Krishnan (Dr) Former Director, Safety Research Group Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research Tamil Nadu.
HS Malhi (Vice Admiral, retd) Group President and CEO of Reliance Defence Systems Pvt Ltd.
Malini Agarwal (IPS) Dy Inspector General of Rapid Action Force (CRPF).
HV Sharma (Col) The writer is Director, AWPO looking after placement of ESM in North India.
Maloy Krishna Dhar (IPS, retd, Late) Served as a senior operative in the Intelligence Bureau.
Ian Cardozo (Maj Gen, retd) Former Chief of staff of a Corps in the East.
Mamta Jain (Mrs) Head Corporate Communications at Defence and Security Alert (DSA).
Ian Hall (Mr) Senior Fellow in International Relations at the Australian National University, Canberra.
Manisha Chaurasiya The writer is a PhD Research Scholar, Centre for International Politics, Organisation and Disarmament,
Ilias Papadopoulos (Mr) Master in International relations and strategic studies. Served in the Greek Special Forces and Greek
Jawaharlal Nehru University.
NATO Base.
Manish Madaan (Mr) Research Associate in the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun.
Ioannis Galatas (Brig Gen, MD, PhD, MA, MC, retd) Global security and intelligence expert based at Athens, Greece.
Manju Lata Gupta (Dr) Jt Director and Head, Radio Protective Drug Development Research Department.
Jagdish Prasad Verma (Mr) Sr Research Fellow, Dept of Defence and Strategic Studies, Allahabad Central University.
Manmohan Bahadur (Air Vice Marshal, retd) Former Asst Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force.
Jagmohan Meher (Dr) Associate Professor of Political Science at National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla, Pune, India.
Manoj Joshi Distinguished Fellow at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi.
Jaideep Saikia (Mr) Security and Terrorism Analyst and former Security Advisor in the National Security Council.
Manpreet Sethi (Dr) Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi.
Jasjit Singh (Air Cmde, retd) Padma Bhushan and Director General of CAPS, New Delhi.
MC Abani (Dr) Former Head, Radiation Safety Systems Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Jayadeva Ranade (Mr) Former Addl Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Govt of India and a security and intelligence expert.
Meemansa student of Presentation Convent Senior Secondary School, Jammu
JFR Jacob (Lt Gen, retd) Former Chief of Staff of Eastern Command during the 1971 War.
Meeran Chadha Borwankar IPS Additional Director General of Police, Maharashtra State Prisons.
JK Bansal (Maj Gen, retd) Member, National Disaster Management Authority, Govt. of India.
Michalis Diakantonis (Mr) Research Assistant at Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies, Panteion University of Athens, Greece.
Joginder Singh (IPS, retd) Former Director of Central Bureau of Investigation, Govt of India, New Delhi.
Mondira Dutta (Dr) Associate Professor in the school of international Studies, JNU, New Delhi.
John West Executive Director of the Asian Century Institute
Mondira Dutta(Prof) The writer is a professor at the Centre for Inner Asian Studies School of International Studies, Jawaharlal
Jo S Birring Chairman and Group President of The World Homeland Security (WHS) Group, UK.
Nehru University New Delhi.
Joyce Sabina Lobo (Ms) Research Assistant at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi.
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Praful S Adagale (Mr) Research Fellow at YCNISDA University of Pune, Pune, India. Prakash Panneerselvam Post-Doctoral Associate, International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, NIAS-Bangalore Monika Chansoria (Dr) Senior Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. MP Kaushik (Prof, Dr) Programme Director NBC Defence Technologies. Mrinal Suman (Maj Gen, Dr, retd) Heads Defence Technical Assessment and advisory Service (DTAAS) of CII. M Srinivasan (Dr) Former head, Neutron Physics Division of BARC. Mukesh Choudhary (Mr) CEO of HicubeInfosec (P) Ltd and resource person of BPR&D. Mukesh Sabharwal (Lt Gen, retd) Former Adjutant General of the Indian Army. Muktesh Chander (IPS) Special Commissioner of Police heading Delhi Traffic Police. Mukund Puranik (Mr) Director Universal Engineering Consultants, Mumbai. Chartered Engineer and valuer of plant and machinery. Munish Sharma (Mr) Conducts research on cyber security, space security and critical infrastructure protection. Munish Sibal (Lt Gen, retd) Former GOC of 11 Corps and Quarter Master General. Muzammal Hussain (Dr) Associate Prof of Sociology at the Government Degree College, Ramnagar, J&K. Nalini Kant Jha (Prof) Professor and Head, Politics and International Studies, at Pondicherry (Central) University. Naresh Kumar Rastogi (Col,retd) War veteran 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak Wars. Natasha The writer is the Manager - PR & Communications of Defence and Security Alert Magazine and Food and Beverage Buzz Magazine. Navniit Gandhi (Dr) An academician and an author, visiting faculty at the Gulf Centre of University Education, Kuwait. Nayantara Shaunik (Ms) Research Officer at The Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. NC Marwah PVSM (Lt Gen, retd) Distinguished Army officer and Member NDMA. Neelu Khatri (Wg Cdr, retd) Exceutive Director, Pipavav Defence & Offshore Engineering Company, New Delhi. Nidhi Goyal (Ms) Managing Director, Tax and Regulatory Affairs, Protiviti India. Nina Khanna Research Scholar in Manav Rachna International University, Faridabad. Nirmala Kannan (Surgeon Rear Adm, retd) Commanded the Indian Naval Hospitals at Visakhapatnam and Mumbai. Nitin Gokhale (Mr) Security and Strategic Affairs Editor, NDTV, New Delhi. Nivedita Bhasin (Capt) World’s youngest woman pilot and only trained woman pilot for the B-787. Nivedita Das Kundu (Dr) Assistant Director (Research), Indian Council for Social Science Research, New Delhi. N Ramachandran Managing Director of MEL Systems and Services Ltd OM (Mr) Founder and promoter of National Cyber Security of India, New Delhi. Onkar Abhishek Tiwari IT student at Maharaja Agrasen Institute of Technology OP Kaushik (Lt Gen, retd) Former Chief of Staff, Eastern Army Command. Oren Barkai (Mr) Director, Government and Defence Solutions, at ECI Telecom, Israel. Padma Bandopadhyay (Air Marshal, retd) The first woman Air Marshal of Medical Services (Air) at the Air HQrs. Pallavi Ade (Ms) Defence and Security Analyst with focus India’s Security, Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. Pallavi Pal (Ms) Research Intern in the Eurasia Cluster at IDSA, New Delhi. Pankaj Jha (Dr) Associate Fellow at Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. Pathikrit Payne (Mr) An independent strategic affairs analyst. Patricia Mukhim (Ms) Editor of The Shillong Times and columnist for The Telegraph and The Statesman. Patrick Dunleavy (Mr) Former Deputy Inspector General for the New York Correctional System. Paul Jeffrey (Mr) Managing Director of Avon Barrier Company, UK. Pavan Duggal (Mr) Advocate practising in the Supreme Court of India and a leading expert on Cyber Law and Mobile Law. Peter Banham (Mr) Fellow of the Institute of Sales and Marketing Management and thermal imaging systems experts UK. PK Chakravorty (Maj Gen, retd) Former Additional Director General Artillery at Army Headquarters. PK Iyengar (Dr) Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission Govt of India. PL Dash (Prof) Former Professor and Director, Centre for Central Eurasian Studies, University of Mumbai, India. PM Heblikar (Mr) Managing Trustee, Institute of Contemporary Studies Bangalore (ICSB). PM Kamath (Prof) Former Prof of Politics, University of Mumbai and Hon Director, VPM’s centre for Intl. Studies Mumbai. Ponnurangam K (Dr) Founding Head of Cybersecurity Education and Research Centre (CERC), New Delhi. Portia B Conrad The writer is a Consultant with the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. She was formerly associated with the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India. PP Shukla (Amb) Former Ambassador of India to Moscow. Pradip Phanjoubam (Mr) Editor, Imphal Free Press, English daily published from Imphal, Manipal, India.
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