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Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes

Professor Emeritus, Department of Archaeology, Cambridge University

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Dr V K Saraswat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat is former Secretary of Defence (Research & Development- R&D) and former chief of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO). He was the key scientist...

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C D Sahay, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

C D Sahay is a Distinguished Fellow at VIF. He is a Former Secretary (Research and Analysis Wing), Cabinet Secretariat. C D Sahay joined the Indian Police Service in 1967 and moved to Delhi in...

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Prof CR Babu, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Professor Emeritus, Delhi University, Ecologist and Environmentalist.

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Prof. K.K. Aggarwal, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Founder Vice-Chancellor, GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi; presently, Chairman, NBA, MHRD, New Delhi. Prof. K.K. Aggarwal was the chairman of The VIF Task Force Report on Towards More...

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Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Presently he is a Distinguished Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation. He was the Indian Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran (2011-15). During his tenure, he led negotiations on...

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Amb TCA Rangachari, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb (Retd) TCA Rangachari, was India's Ambassador to Algeria, France and Germany before resigning from the Indian Foreign Service in 2006. Earlier, he spent over five years in Islamabad, Pakistan...

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Vice Adm Raman Puri, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Vice Admiral Raman Puri retired as the Chief of Integrated Service Command (CISC) in 2006 after a distinguished service of 40 years in the Indian Navy. Adm. Puri served in a number of important...

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Amb Ashok K Kantha, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Ashok K Kantha is a Distinguished Fellow at Vivekananda International Foundation. He was Ambassador of India to China until January 2016. Prior to this, he was Secretary (East) at Ministry of...

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Amb Asoke Mukerji, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Ambassador Asoke Mukerji served in the Indian Foreign Service for more than 37 years, retiring as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York in December 2015...

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Amb Anil Wadhwa, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Ambassador Anil Wadhwa has been a member of the Indian foreign service from July 1979 till may 2017. In this 37 year career with the Indian foreign service he has been ambassador of India to Italy...

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Lt General S A Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM (Bar), VSM (Bar) (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Former GOC 15 Corps & Military Secretary

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Vice Admiral Anil Chopra, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Commissioned into the Indian Navy in 1975, Vice Admiral Chopra rendered forty years of distinguished service , retiring in 2015. He has the unique distinction of having been the Commander-in-...

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Lt General Davinder Kumar, PVSM, VSM Bar, ADC (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

(Former SOin-C) (Cyber Security)

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Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR (Retd.) - Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Lt Gen Anil Ahuja, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & Bar, superannuated in August 2016, is a former Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Policy Planning and Force Development). He has...

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Lt Gen (Dr) V K Saxena (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

(Former DG, Air Defence, Indian Army) (Higher Defence Analyst)

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Lt Gen JP Singh, PVSM, AVSM (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Former Deputy Chief of Army Staff & Advisor to DRDO

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G. Mohan Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Shri G. Mohan Kumar is a former Defence Secretary and Secretary defence production to the Government of India .He joined the Indian Administrative Service (Odisha Cadre) in1979 and retired in...

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Amit Cowshish, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amit Cowshish retired from the Indian Defence Accounts Service in 2012 after serving for thirty five years in various capacities in the Defence Accounts Department. He served on deputation with...

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Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Amb. Anil Trigunayat is a member of the Indian Foreign Service. He has served in the Indian Missions in Cote d’Ivoire, Bangladesh, Mongolia, USA, Russia, Sweden and Nigeria, Libya and Jordan. In...

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D P Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Mr. D.P. Singh has 27 years of varied experience representing the Government, the public sector as well as private entities. He is now the Founder & Senior Partner of the firm Arthe Law. Mr....

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Prof Sujit Dutta, Distinguished Fellow & Editor - National Security, VIF

Professor, Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

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Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma was commissioned in Gorkha Rifles in 1977, and had a career spanning forty years in the Army. He has had extensive operational experience in Jammu and Kashmir, North...

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Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Srikanth Kondapalli is Professor in Chinese Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was Chairman of the Centre for East Asian Studies, SIS, JNU from 2008-10, 2012-14, 2016-18 and 2018-20. He is...

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Amb Arun K Singh, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Arun K. Singh was India’s Ambassador to the United States (2015-2016), France (2013-2015) and Israel (2005-2008). He was also involved for nearly a decade in the formulation and implementation of...

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Dr Gulshan Rai, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Dr. Gulshan Rai was India’s first National Cyber Security Coordinator , Govt of India and based at the office of the Prime Minister. Earlier, he handled different responsibilities at Meity and...

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Professor Dr. (Ms.) Shashiprabha Kumar, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Prof. Shashiprabha Kumar is presently Dean, Sri Sankaracharya Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, New Delhi. Earlier she was Founder Vice Chancellor at Sanchi University of Buddhist-...

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P S Raghavan, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

P S Raghavan was, from 2016 to 2020, Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), which advises India’s National Security Council on strategic and security issues. He engaged on these...

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Lt Gen (Dr) Ranbir Singh, PVSM, AVSM**, YSM, SM, (Retd), Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Former Army Commander Northern Command, Deputy Chief of Army Staff and Director General of Military Operations

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh was commissioned into the Army on 13 Dec 1980. He has done...

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Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (Retd), PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, is a former Commandant of the National Defence College, New Delhi. An experienced pilot with over 5000 sorties on fighters, he has commanded a...

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Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

Ambassador D.B.Venkatesh Varma served in the Indian Foreign Service from 1988 to 2021. During his diplomatic career, he worked in the Office of the External Affairs Minister and in the Prime...

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