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ORF FACULTY
Dr. C. Raja Mohan
Head - Strategic
 Studies &
 Distinguished Fellow		   Mr. Vikram Sood
Vice President, ORF -
 Centre for
 International Relations
         
Mr. Mohan
 Guruswamy
Distinguished Fellow		   Gen. Nirbhay
 Sharma
Distinguished Fellow
         
Amb. H H S
 Viswanathan
Distinguished Fellow		   Prof. K.V. Kesavan
Distinguished Fellow
         
Mr. Manoj Joshi
Distinguished Fellow		   Amb. Swashpawan
 Singh
Distinguished Fellow
         
Dr. Vivek Lall
Distinguished Fellow		   Mr. Ashok Dhar
Distinguished Fellow
         
Ms. Lydia Powell
Head, Centre for
 Resources Management 		  Mr. Nandan
 Unnikrishnan
Vice President
         
Mr. Wilson John
Vice President		   Dr. Sergey
 Kurginyan
Visiting Distinguished
 Fellow
         
Dr. Rajan Gupta
Senior Visiting Fellow		   Mr. Rohit Bansal
Visiting Fellow
         
Dr. S. Paul Kapur
Visiting Fellow		   Mr. Manohar
 Thyagaraj
Visiting Fellow
         
Mr. Mahendra
 Kumawat
Distinguished Visitor		   Mr. Ashok Kumar
 Singh
Programme Coordinator
         
Mr. Saurabh Johri
Program Advisor		   Mr. Uma Shankar
 Sharma
General Manager
         
Dr. Siddharth Shanker
 Saxena
Visiting Senior Fellow		   Ms. Jayshree
 Sengupta
Senior Fellow
         
Prof. Rakesh Basant
Senior Fellow		   Dr. Rajeswari
 Rajagoplan
Senior Fellow
         
Dr. Satish Misra
Senior Fellow		   Dr. Niranjan Sahoo
Senior Fellow
         
Dr. P K Ghosh
Senior Fellow		   Dr. Rumi Aijaz
Senior Fellow
         
Dr. Geethanjali Nataraj
Senior Fellow		   Dr. K. Yhome
Fellow
         
Mr. Shantanu
 Guha Ray
Fellow		   Ms. Mahima Kaul
Fellow
         
Dr. Joyeeta
 Bhattacharjee
Associate Fellow		   Mr. Rakesh Kumar
 Sinha
Associate Fellow
         
Ms. Akanshya Shah
Associate Fellow		   Mr. Ashish Gupta
Associate Fellow
         
Mr. Siba Prasada
 Tripathy
Associate Fellow		   Ms. Rebecca Alison
 George
Associate Fellow
         
Dr. Uma
 Purushothaman
Associate Fellow		   Mr. Monish
 Tourangbam
Associate Fellow
         
Mr. Aryaman
 Bhatnagar
Associate Fellow		   Mr. Abhijit Iyer
 Mitra
Program Coordinator
         
Ms. Medha
 Chaturvedi
Associate Fellow		   Ms. Nishtha Gautam
Associate Fellow
         
Mr. Akhilesh Sati
Program Manager		   Mr. Rahul Prakash
Junior Fellow
         
Ms. Sonali Mittra
Junior Fellow		   Ms. Koushiki
 Mukherjee
Junior Fellow
         
Mr. Daniel Rubin
Henry Luce Fellow		   Mr. James Tyson
Fulbright Fellow
         
Mr. Louis Ritzinger
Boren Fellowship
 Intern		   Mr. Avinash Paliwal
Visiting Fellow
         
Mr. Shahid Raheem
Senior Media Researcher		   Mr. Manish Vaid
Research Assistant
         
Mr. Vinod Kumar
 Tomar
Research Assistant		   Mr. Samya
 Chatterjee
Research Assistant
         
Mr. Arvind K John
Research Assistant		   Mr. Dinesh
 Kumar Madhrey
Research Assistant
         
Mr. Kartikeya
 Khanna
Research Assistant 		  Ms. Anahita Mathai
Research Assistant
         
Ms. Rishika Chauhan
Research Assistant		   Mr. Satish Kumar
 Tezaa
Data Analyst
         
Mr. Rohit Sinha
Research Intern		   Ms. Kanchi Gupta
Research Intern
         
Ms. Tanoubi
 Ngangom
Research Intern		   Ms. Darshana
 Baruah
Research Intern
         
Ms. Arpita Roy
Research Intern		   Mr. Pavan Kumar
 Korada
Research Intern
         
Ms. Reena Sehgal
Research Intern		   Ms. Pragati Rai
Research Intern
         
PUBLICATIONS
Ms. Anshu John
Editor		      
         
DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH AND COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Samir Saran
Sr. Fellow &
 Vice President 		  Mr. Vidyadharan M. P.
Additional Director -
 Communications
         
Ms. Antje Uhlig
Senior Fellow		   Mr. Vivan Sharan
Associate Fellow
         
Ms. Sadhavi Chauhan
Associate Fellow		   Mr. Vijay Seth
Assistant Manager -
 Events
         
         
LIBRARY
Ms. Nisha Verma
Librarian		   Ms. Shubha Gupta
Audio Visual
 Documentation Officer
         
ORF - CHENNAI CHAPTER
Mr. N. Sathiyamoorthy
Director-Chennai Chapter		    
         
ORF - MUMBAI CHAPTER
Mr. Vivek P. Karandikar
Vice President - CRM		   Dr. R. Swaminathan
Visiting Fellow
         
Dr. Leena Chandran
 Wadia
Senior Fellow		   Ms. Radha
 Viswanathan
Fellow and Editor
         
Mr. Gautam Kirtane
Fellow		   Mr. Rammohan
 Shrikant
 Khanapurkar
Fellow
         
Ms. Maansi Parpiani
Fellow		   Ms. Sana N Ghazi
Fellow
         
Ms. Shruti Mahajan
 Deorah
Fellow		   Ms. Aparna Sivakumar
Fellow
         
Mr. Rishi Aggarwal
Fellow		   Mr. Priyam Gandhi
Fellow
         
Ms. Prithvi Hirani
Fellow		   Mr. Anay Joglekar
Associate Fellow
         
Ms. Rachel D'Silva
Associate Fellow		   Ms. Janki Nirmal
 Pandya
Associate Fellow
         
Ms. Payal Tiwari
Associate Fellow		   Ms. Karishma
 A Makeshwar
Associate Fellow
         
Mr. Sumedh Madhav
 Kulkarni
Programme Coordinator		   Ms. Priya R
 Jadhav
Research Assistant
         
ORF - KOLKATA CHAPTER
Mr. Rakhahari
 Chatterji
Advisor		   Brig. Deepak Sinha
 (Retd)
Consultant
         
Ms. Pratnashree Basu
Research Assistant		   Ms. Swagata Saha
Research Assistant
         
Mr. Mihir Bhonsle
Research Assistant		  
         
 
 
 
 



  

  
 
Events
 

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Conference on

Global Launch of the "India Poll-2013 Report" Monday, 20 May 2013
(11:00 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Auditorium

 


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Talk by

'Cultural Diplomacy: a Strategy of Culture or a Culture of Strategy'
by Dr. Suresh Goel DG, ICCR at ORF Campus. Tuesday, 21 May 2013
(3:30 PM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


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Talk by

'Afghanistan's Changing Situation ? Humanitarian Challenges'
Wednesday, 22 May 2013
(11:30 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF Delhi

 


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Lecture Discussion on

'The Future of Afghanistan Post-2014: Implications for India'
Saturday, 25 May 2013
(11:00 AM To 1:30 PM)
Venue: ORF Kolkata

 


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Talk on

'Computational Analysis of Terrorist Groups: Lashkar-e-Taiba'
by Dr. VS Subrahmanian.
Monday, 27 May 2013
(11:30 AM To 1:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


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Roundtable Discussion on

'India, Australia and the Indian Ocean Region: Stability and Security'
Wednesday, 29 May 2013
(9:30 AM To 5:30 PM)
Venue: Hotel Park Hyatt, Chennai

 


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Conference on

'EU as a Security Actor in Asia'
26-27 September 2013
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


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Meeting on

'Internal project planning meetings between PRIO, Norway and ORF staff '
6-7 November 2013
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi

 


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Conference on

'Asian Forum on Global Governance'
10-20 November 2013
(10:00 AM To 6:00 PM)
Venue: The Oberoi, New Delhi

 


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'ORF-Stanley Dialogue '
10-20 November 2013
(10:00 AM To 5:00 PM)
Venue: ORF-Delhi, Conference Hall

 


  

  

  

  

  

  

 
Energy/Coal/Power
Hydro-power in the 12th Plan: Dammed if you do and dammed if you don't!
7 May 2013
Lydia Powell
This column has defined itself as a self-appointed critic of Indian energy policy. Week after week it has managed to find gaps,
 
Restoring the balance between coal mining and induced displacement
7 May 2013
Ashish Gupta
In the last issue we highlighted the political economy of the coal sector and illustrated how all the stakeholders.
more >>
 
International
Sour notes at the nuclear high table
18 April 2013
Seema Sirohi and Abhijit Iyer-Mitra
India appears to have successfully climbed into the category of a nuclear "have," overcoming the divisions enshrined in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and enforced fervently by its adherents.
 
Do nothing Delhi
16 April 2013
C. Raja Mohan
Delhi must focus on realising the full potential of bilateral cooperation with both the US and China, instead of precluding beneficial bilateral engagement with one in the name of avoiding conflict with the other.
more >>
 
National
A blueprint to evaluate digital governance
18 April 2013
R. Swaminathan
Sooner than later, India will have to start evaluating its e-governance projects. And in the near future, the focus will shift to the outcomes of e-governance initiatives.
 
India's Demographic Dividend: Where are the jobs?
11 April 2013
Rohit Sinha
With the labour force participation rate expected to rise significantly in the coming years in India, it is imperative that the government formulates a common policy on business development and regulation.
more >>
 
Security
North Korean imbroglio: Who can do what?
16 April 2013
Dr. Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
While on the surface, both the US (and South Korea and Japan) and China appear to have the goal of seeing a stable Korean Peninsula, there appear to be serious differences about what regional stability means.
 
ATT implementation remains questionable
06 April 2013
Rahul Prakash
The ATT has finally been adopted. But it remains to be seen if the treaty could really be implemented as major players like China, India, Russia have not favoured it.
more >>
 
US
Boston bombings: The end of complacency
20 April 2013
Arvind John
With the US already having made a strong base to deal with terrorist activities from external sources, it is time the US, and other countries develop mechanisms that tackle home-grown groups with vigour, but without endangering the principles of 'rule of law'.
 
Pressure cooker bombs: Low-intensity but greater headache than RDX
20 April 2013
Wilson John
After the Boston bombings, the big counter terrorism question for the US will be how to prevent such attacks in the future. The possibility of 'copy cat' attacks cannot be ruled out.
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