Tuneer Mukherjee

Tuneer Mukherjee is a Non-Resident Associate Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. His research focuses on maritime security, with a particular emphasis on naval warfare dynamics, undersea warfare, emerging defence technologies, and their implications for naval modernisation and force development.

Tuneer was previously a Junior Fellow with ORF’s Maritime Policy Initiative in New Delhi and a Researcher with the Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.

Tuneer holds a double master’s degree from the University of Warwick and the School of International Service at American University.

Notable Publications

The Deficient Evolution of Civil-Military Relations in India, with Harsh V. Pant, in Asian Military Evolutions: Civil-Military Relations in Asia, edited by Alan Chong and Nicole Jenne, Bristol University Press, 2023.

Maritime Security and India: India as a Regional Security Provider, in India’s Evolving National Security Agenda: Modi and Beyond, edited by Harsh V. Pant, Konark Publishers, 2019.

Securing the Maritime Commons: The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Naval Operations, Observer Research Foundation, 2018.