Kapil Patil is a researcher in Science Diplomacy at RIS, New Delhi. He was an Associate Fellow (2017-2019) at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. His research interests include defence procurement, S&T policy, emerging technologies, nuclear policy and national security-related issues. He holds PhD from School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Previously, he worked as Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Pugwash Society, New Delhi for the BRNS-DAE research project and co-authored a book titled, India’s Nuclear Energy Programme: Challenges, Prospects, and Public Concerns (Pentagon Press. 2014). He is the recipient of the 2018 Emerging Leaders Fellowship conferred by the Korean Ministry of Unification, and also an alumnus of the Nuclear History Boot Camp (2011) jointly organised by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington DC and the University of Roma Tre. His research is featured in academic journals as well as in current affairs magazines such as Global Energy Monitor, Nautilus, The Diplomat, Swaraj, and the CBW Magazine.