Samir Saran is the President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), India’s premier think tank, headquartered in New Delhi with affiliates in North America and the Middle East. His research focuses on issues of global governance, climate and energy policy, technology policy, and India’s foreign policy.
Samir completed his doctoral studies at the Global Sustainability Institute, UK. He holds a Masters degree in Media Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, and a Bachelors in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, India.
As ORF’s President and member of the Foundation’s Board, he provides strategic direction and leadership to the foundation’s multiple centres on fundraising, research projects, platform design and outreach initiatives including stakeholder engagement.
He curates the Raisina Dialogue, India’s annual flagship platform on geopolitics and geo-economics, and is the founder of CyFy, India’s annual conference on cybersecurity and internet governance. He spearheads the foundation’s efforts to foster new international partnerships and incubate young leaders networks and youth led conversations globally.
Samir is a member of the Global Risks Advisory Board and Chair of the Global Future Council on Geopolitics of the World Economic Forum. He has served as a Commissioner of The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. He is a member of the Board of Directors at ORF America. He is also a part of Board of Governors of East West Centre.
Samir has authored four books, edited important journals and publications and written several academic papers and book chapters. He is featured regularly in Indian and international print and broadcast media. His latest publications include The New World Disorder and The Indian Imperative with Shashi Tharoor and Pax Sinica: Implications for the Indian Dawn with Akhil Deo.
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Apr 01, 2024The US needs a new paradigm for India: ‘Great Power Partnership’
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Feb 13, 2024Reclaiming the storied legacy of Arabian Sea
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Jan 18, 2024The Only Way to Make Climate Progress
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Jan 16, 2024Technology: Taming – and unleashing – technology together
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Jan 15, 20244 pathways to cooperation amid geopolitical fragmentation
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Dec 13, 2023Moment, Momentum and Motivation: From Voice of the Global South to the Bank of the Global South
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Dec 03, 2023Controversies aside, COP28 is a real chance to put Global South at centre
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Jun 30, 2023How to Reset Relations Between Europe and the Global South
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Jun 20, 2023India and the U.S. can together make tech more accessible to all
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Jun 13, 2023Think20 India: Bridging the Ingenuity Gap
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May 24, 2023The new world – shaped by self-interest
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May 01, 2023The just transition framework is unjust