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Anand V. is a doctoral candidate at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations in Manipal University Karnataka where he is conducting research on China's strategic culture. He is a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the University Grants Commission (UGC) Government of India. His other areas of research interest include China's strategic capabilities China's foreign policy and Sino-Indian relations.He has previously worked as an intern at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme (ISSSP) of the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) in Bangalore where he researched on China's satellite programme. He was also an outreach fellow of the Centre for Air Power Studies New Delhi where he researched on China's space capabilities.Anand has authored a monograph on China's space capabilities and has published his works in various edited books. His commentaries have appeared in various magazines online newspapers and websites including Asia Times Defence and Security Alert India-China Chronicle Science Technology and Security Forum and E-International Relations.

Anant Singh Mann holds aMaster of Science in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Arts (Honours) in International Relations and Modern History from the University of St. Andrews Scotland. Anant has written extensively for a variety of media houses think tanks academic journals and book chapters on topics whichspan the global political economy international security studies and foreign policy.

Ananya Gaur is a Research Intern at the Observer Research Foundation

Ananya Kalantri is an intern at the Observer Research Foundation.

Ananya Koppikar Moorthy is a Research Intern, ORF

Ananya Saini Program Associate Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs

Ananyashree Gupta was a Research Assistant with the Centre for Economy &: Growth Delhi.

Anasua Basu Ray Chaudhury is Senior Fellow with ORF’s Neighbourhood Initiative. She is the Editor, ORF Bangla. She specialises in regional and sub-regional cooperation in South Asia, energy politics, forced migration and women in conflict zones.

Anasua was the Visiting Fellow (2012) at The Maison des Sciences de I'Homme, Paris , where she work on the subject “Logistics of Regional Integration in Europe and Question of Sovereignty.” As the recipient of the Public Service Broadcasting Trust Senior Media Fellowship (2007), Anasua produced a paper — Vernacular Dailies and the Ethnic and/or Religious Stereotypes in the Time of Violence. She received the Kodikara Award from the Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS), Colombo in 1998-99. She is also the author of the paper — The Energy Crisis and Sub-regional Cooperation in South Asia — published by RCSS as Policy Studies 13. Anasua is also trained in Thematic Protection Learning Programme on Statelessness organized by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva.

Anasua was ICSSR Post Doctoral Fellow (2004-06) at the Centre for the Studies of Developing Societies (CSDS), New Delhi

She is the editor of the online journal — IAAPS Perspective. Co- editor of a peer reviewed journal: Journal of Development Policy Review (JDPR), published by IMPRI since 2020. She is a member in the Editorial Board of an international peer reviewed journals anmely: Borders in Globalisation Review published by Centre for Global Studies, Canada (since 2019); Journal for Indian Ocean research punlished by Routledge, New Delhi (Since 2020)

Her recent publications include: Caste and partition of Bengal: The Story of Dalit Refugees I 1946-1964 (Co-authored/ Oxford University Press: UK, 2022); India’s relations with neighbouring South and South East Asian countries: Perspectives on Look East to Act East (Springer Nature: Singapore, 2023): New futures of BIMSTEC: connectivity, commerce and security (co-edited/ Routledge: UK, 2021), Reimagining BIMSTEC: Strengthening regional solidarity across the Bay of Bengal region (Co-edited/ ORF: New Delhi, 2021); India– Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and Connectivity (co-edited/ Routledge: UK, 2020); Connecting Nations: Politico-Cultural Mapping of India and South East Asia (co-edited/ Primus: New Delhi 2019); The State of Being Stateless in South Asia (co-edited, Orient Black Swan: 2015); Women in Indian Borderlands (co-edited/ Sage 2011); and SAARC at Crossroads: The Fate of Regional Cooperation in South Asia (Samskriti: 2006).

Anasua is a regular contributor to peer reviewed journals, newspapers and magazines.

Anatoly Motkin is founder and President of StrategEast an US-based nonprofit promoting knowledge-based economies in Eurasia.

Anchal Vohra was a Fellow at ORF. She writes on contemporary developments in West Asia and on foreign policy.

Anchalee Kongrut is an editor and columnist with the Bangkok Post.

Anders Olofsgård, Deputy Director, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics; Associate Professor, Stockholm School of Economics

Andr-Michel Essoungou is an author a former journalist and currently a political advisor at the United Nations in New York. He previously worked as a foreign correspondent with the BBC World Service and Radio France International. Andr-Michel is the author of two books covering the politics of international justice in Africa and the western media discourse on African civil wars. He holds a masters degree in political science from the University of Geneva in Switzerland.

Andre Kwok is founder of the Future City Summit and Good City Foundation.

Andrea Deisenrieder is working as Research Associate at the Institute of Development Strategy in Munich where she has been involved in various consulting projects and evaluation of complex regional and global development interventions.

Andrea M. Bassi is Founder and CEO KnowlEdge Srl (Italy) and a Senior Associate at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (Switzerland). His research focuses on green economy and green growth using Systems Thinking and System Dynamics as underlying methods to inform policy making at national and sub-national level.

Dr. Andreas Kuehn is a senior fellow at ORF Americas Cyber Cooperation Initiative.

Andreas Østhagen is a Senior Researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and an Associate Professor at High North Center at Nord University Business School. He is also affiliated with The Arctic Institute, the Wilson Center, and Oslo New University College. His work focuses on geopolitics, security and ocean governance and resource management in the Arctic and beyond. Østhagen is the author of Norway’s Arctic Policy: Geopolitics, Security and Identity (2023), Ocean Geopolitics (2022) and Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic (2020). He holds a PhD in international relations from the University of British Columbia, a MSc From London School of Economics, and is a Fulbright alumni with research visits at the Belfer Center, Harvard University, and at the Wilson Center.

Andrew Ruolngul is an Associate Fellow with Mr. N.K. Singh, Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

Andrew Small is a senior transatlantic fellow with the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a non-resident senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He also holds a visiting fellowship at the Australian National Universitys National Security College. His research focuses on U.S.-China relations EU-China relations and broader developments in Chinese foreign and economic policy.

Andrey Bystritskiy is the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Development and Support of the Valdai Discussion Club.

Andrey Ignatyev Head of Analytics Center for Global IT Cooperation Moscow

Andrey Sushentsov is Programme Director of the Valdai Discussion Club. He is also Director of the Institute of International Studies at MGIMO University Russia.

Aneesh Parnerkar is a Research intern with the Observer Research Foundation.

Angad Singh Brar was a Research Assistant at Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. His research focuses on issues of global governance, multilateralism, India’s engagement of International Organisations and Institutional reform.

Angad completed his MPhil in Politics and International Studies at the University of Cambridge, UK. His dissertation focused on India’s diplomatic strategies to reform the UN Security Council. He received the University Gold Medal for both his undergraduate and graduate studies in Sociology from Panjab University in India. He has also worked for The Indian Express as a journalist.

Angad Singh was a Project Coordinator with ORFs Strategic Studies Programme.

Dr. Angel Apostolov is a PhD in modern history and specializes in NATO-Russia relations and Europe-Asia geopolitics.

Angle is Associate Director in charge of Health Care Policy at Institut Montaigne a pioneering independent think tank dedicated to public policy in France and Europe. Within the organization Maltre-Lansac created and developed a program dedicated to addressing the major challenges faced in the health sector. Through this program she brings new ideas and concrete proposals to public authorities and key opinion leaders to improve the quality and performance of the French Health Care system. She is focused on addressing patient needs and adopting a patient-centered approach in her research. Angele has been awarded a 2018-2019 Harkness Fellowship from the Commonwealth Fund a private U.S. foundation. Angele has been working with Harvard Medical School and with the RAND Corporation in Boston on primary care and behavioral health integration. She is currently country correspondant for France for the Commonwealth Fund International Health News Brief. Angle holds a Master in Public Affairs from Sciences Po Paris and completed part of her studies in Great Britain at Warwick University and at ITAM in Mexico.

Ani Yeremyan has a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University (School of International Studies) and is a member of GRFDT New Delhi. Her research interests include the Armenian diaspora diasporic identity diaspora nationalism diaspora memory digital diasporas and forced migration.

Anika Chhillar is a Research Intern at the Observer Research Foundation.

Aniket Pawar is a Research Intern at Observer Research Foundation, Mumbai

Aniket Singh is Research Assistant to N.K. Singh, Chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission.

Vice Admiral Anil Chopra (retd) has been the Commander-in-Chief of both the Western Naval Command and the Eastern Naval Command: as well as being the Chief of the Indian Coast Guard for three years in the immediate aftermath of the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. He has also been a Member of the National Security Advisory Board and of the Defence Acquisition Council.

Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (Retd) is Additional Director General Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) New Delhi.

Anil Sigdel is Director at Nepal Matters for America in Washington DC. Sigdel's research interests include South Asian affairs Indo-Pacific and China's Belt and Road Initiative.

Animesh Jain is a Policy Fellow with the Office of Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India - Policy Analytics and Insights Unit. He has completed his master's in international security with concentrations in China &: East Asia and Diplomacy from Sciences Po Paris. He has previously worked with organizations including MKAI Kubernein Initiative Tianjin Intertech Corporation AI Policy Labs National Skill Development Corporation and Observers Research Foundation in different capacities.

Anindita Mukherjee works in the Founders’ Office at Newtrace.

Anindita Pujari is Advocate-on-Record The Supreme Court of India &: Hony. General Secretary The Bar Association of India.

Anindya Bhattacharya PhD. Executive Director The Celestial Earth India

Anirban Paul obtained his MPA in International Affairs from Harvard Kennedy School. His research interests include Eurasia nuclear relations energy and China.

Anirban Sarma is Director of the Digital Societies Initiative at Observer Research Foundation (ORF). He is presently a Lead Co-Chair of the Think20 Brazil Task Force on ‘Inclusive Digital Transformation’, and was previously a Chair of the T20 India Task Force on ‘Our Common Digital Future’. 

Anirban’s research explores the use of technology for development, with a focus on areas including the digital economy, digital public infrastructure, AI, data governance, platform governance, and the future of work. He has also written on issues around online safety, healthtech, cleantech, and women’s digital empowerment and inclusion. 

Anirban was the Chief International Outreach and Communications Officer at the National Digital Library of India, a project of the Ministry of Education. He earlier served at UNESCO for over eight years, designing and managing UNESCO’s initiatives on ICTs, access to information, and media development across South Asia. In 2007, Anirban was awarded the Inlaks Scholarship to pursue a second master’s degree in media and communications at the London School of Economics, from where he graduated with a Distinction. He was earlier a double gold medallist at Jadavpur University in Kolkata.