Dr Soumya Awasthi is Fellow, Centre for Security, Strategy and Technology at the Observer Research Foundation.
Her work focuses on the intersection of technology and national security.
Dr Soumya Awasthi, has previously worked at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London, Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, and the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defense and Strategic Analysis (MPIDSA) in New Delhi. She was a Fellow with the International Visitors Leadership Program (IVLP) of the US State Department.
Soumya research interests include key areas in security and strategic studies. Her focus on counterterrorism, Deradicalization, South Asian strategic studies, Afghanistan, and India's defence and strategic policy.
Soumya holds a Doctorate from the School of International Studies (SIS) at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
She has authored book Compendium on Terror Groups (VIF, 2022), Tracing Journey of India's Defence Budget and Its Future: An Analysis (Kalinga, 2015), and Co-edited, Indias Nuclear Titan Biographical Tales (Vitasta,2023). She has contributed several chapters in Co-edited books.
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