Our Experts & Fellows
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Lt Gen (Dr) D B Shekatkar
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Gen Shekatkar is President of Forum for Integrated National Security. He presided over the Expert Committee of Government of India to Re-orient India’s Defence Mechanism and Re-balancing of Defence Budget.
Dr Prabhakaran Paleri
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Dr Prabhakaran Paleri is a strategist, researcher, academic, and author with professional experience in Indian naval, customs and coast guard services, and a non-executive corporate director in public sector undertakings. He retired as the director-general of the Indian Coast Guard in August 2006, and thereafter continued as a research scholar and academician in India and abroad. Presently he is Emeritus Professor at the Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU), Lavad, Gujarat.
Late Lt Gen VM Patil
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A veteran of 1962 India- China war and 1965 India-Pakistan war He was the first Defense Advisor in Indian Embassies in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. He was Commander of United Nation's Military Observers Group in IRAQ and IRAN. He is President of Akhil Bharatiya Purva Sainik Seva Parishad and Vice President of Forum For Integrated National Security (FINS).
Lt Gen VA Bhat
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Gen Bhat served as the Director-General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) at the Department of Defence Production (Ministry of Defence)
Adv Bal Desai
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Advocate Desai is a practising lawyer and Secretary-General of Forum for Integrated National Security.
Seshadri Chari
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Seshadri Chari is a strategic thinker and expert in international relations and geopolitics. He is Secretary-General of FINS. He is a member of the Governing Council of Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS).
Col Ravindra Tripathi
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Col Tripathi serves as honorary faculty at SCM & Logistics at GICED. He is secretary of Forum for Integrated National Security.
Capt Sanjay Prashar
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Capt Prashar is a master mariner, entrepreneur, maritime governance expert and a humanitarian. Capt Prashar has rescued thousands of seafarers from captivity. He is founder of VR Maritime Services Pvt Ltd and Co-convener of FINS Maritime Security Study Group.
Rear Admiral Sudarshan
Shrikhande
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RADM Shrikhande graduated from the NDA. His qualifications include Masters from the Soviet Naval War College, St Petersburg (1985-88) in ASW and Weapon Engineering; Msc From Staff College(1995), MPhil from the Indian Naval War College and highest distinction from the US Naval War College( 2003). He commanded three ships and been defence attaché in Australia and to other South Pacific nations. Ashore he has been commander War Room at NHQ, headed the IN’s Tactical Evaluation Group and was a founding member as a captain of the IN’s Strategy and Operations Council. In flag rank he has been head of Naval Intelligence; Chief of Staff of SNC; Joint HQ staff duties and in the nuclear forces command and Flag Officer Doctrines and Concepts.
Late Dr B. B. Singh
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Dr B.B.Singh holds a first-class Master's degree in Physics and Ph. D. in the field of radiation biology from the University of London. His research work relates to free radical biology and oxidative stress on radiation exposures. His cancer-related research covers an additional arm in radiotherapy of cancer radiosensitising drugs and HYPERTHERMIA. AS A LAWYER he is practising in Bombay High Court since February 1998. He has played an important role in the formulation of national policy/Laws relating to intellectual property rights (Patent Act 2005 AND Biological Diversity Act 2002) and has been actively involved in formulating India's nuclear legislation i.e. Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act 2010 and Indo-US 123 Agreement.
Dr. Shrikant Paranjpe
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Dr. Shrikant Paranjpe is adjunct professor in Department,after serving 30 years, he retired as Professor fromthe Department ofDefense and Strategic Studies, SPPU, Pune India,.He was a Fulbright Fellow (Post-Doctoral, Research) at the George Washington University, Washington D.C. in 1984-85, a Visiting Professor at Colorado College, Colorado Springs. His area of specialization includes International Relation; Strategic Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, International Political Communication, Indian Strategic Thought. He has authored several books include India and South Asia since 1971 (New Delhi: Radiant, 1985); US Non-proliferation Policy in Action: South Asia (New Delhi: Sterling, 1987)
Dr Bimal Patel
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Dr Patel is Director-General, Raksha Shakti University and Member, National Security Advisory Board of India
Manish
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Dr. Manish is currently Dean at the Centre for International Politics, School of International Studies, Central University of Gujarat.
Capt Ashok Mahapatra
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Capt Ashok Mahapatra is former director of the Safety Division of the International Maritime Organisation of the United Nations.
Prof Anant Amdekar
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Prof. Anant Amdekar is a visiting faculty at leading Management Institutes, for over 10 years. His area of expertise comprises of Corporate Laws, Corporate Governance, Mergers and Acquisition, Analyses of Financial Statements.
Dr Bala Bhaskaran
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Dr Bala Bhaskaran is a graduate of IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad. Dr Bhaskaran is a senior visiting faculty with Entrepreneur Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad. He evolved the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) model, which is widely being implemented as EDI-EPP model at national and international level. His area of specialisation is "Finance and Strategy"
Sanjay Matkar
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‘Sardar’ Sanjay Matkar is an audacious adventurer, an avid student of history and global politics. He has authored ‘Showdown at Dabiq – Islamic State Vs. Armies of Rome in the 21st century’. He is a mentor & investor in cutting edge technology with 34+ years’ experience in project management, corporate sales, financial control areas.
Saurav Sarmah
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Saurav Sarmah is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab. His areas of interest are Sinology, International Relations, Political Philosophy and Comparative Religion.
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Dr. Uttara Sahasrabuddhe is Professor of International Relations, Department of Civics & Politics, University of Mumbai. She is a visiting Instructor and member of panel of evaluators for the Naval War College, Goa; and has been Visiting Instructor to the Army War College, Mhow.
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Lieutenant General Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, SM, (Retd.) superannuated after 40 years of distinguished service in the Army as the Director General Military Operations (DGMO), one of the most important functionaries of the Army. As the DGMO, he was directly responsible for talks with his counterpart in Pakistan to ensure sustained ceasefire, a first of its kind and was much appreciated by the National Polity.
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Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni was commissioned in 4 KUMAON in 1977. For leading his platoon to unfurl the National Flag on Bilafondla he was decorated with Shaurya Chakra. He served later as Chief of Staff 14 Corps and retired as DG Infantry. He is presently Consultant to OFB.
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R Chandrashekhar, Senior Fellow, Centre for Joint Warfare Studies, New Delhi is a former Member of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (1978 – 2013). He held a string of crucial and sensitive appointments including extended tenures for a combined duration of 19 years in the Secretariat of the Chief of Army Staff.
