Research Team
S Gurumurthy, Chairman, VIF

Swaminathan Gurumurthy is highly popular as a writer and journalist in India. Celebrated for his investigative journalism, he has ceaselessly...

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF

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

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...

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 ‘...

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' ...

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...

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...

Senior Fellows

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...

Anurag Bisen, Senior Fellow, VIF

Anurag Bisen is a veteran submariner of the Indian Navy with over 35 years of service, including the command of Sindhughosh (Kilo) Class missile...

Sunil Yadav, Senior Fellow, VIF

Sunil Yadav is a Senior Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation. He is a post graduate in Defense and Strategic Studies. His core areas of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Research Associates

Dr Cchavi Vasisht, Research Associate, VIF

Dr Cchavi Vasisht is a Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation. She has completed her PhD from the Centre for South Asian...

Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF

Dr Angana Kotokey is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She holds a PhD from the School of International...

Dr Anchita Borthakur, Research Associate, VIF

Dr Anchita Borthakur is a Research Associate at Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She holds a PhD from the School of International...

Saudiptendu Ray, Research Associate. VIF

Saudiptendu Ray is a Research Associate at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. He has completed his Master's in Modern Indian...

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,...

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...

Umang Bhansali, Research Assistant, 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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