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Alakshendra Singh is a Young Research Fellow at CNAWS. He is a third-year B.A. (Hons.) Global Affairs with a specialisation in national security and defence and a minor in Public Policy. He is an aspiring China specialist with A1 level proficiency in Mandarin, along with extensive research into the South China Sea, South Asian Power Dynamics, and Indian hard power capabilities. He is further exploring his interest in OSINT as a supplement to conventional IR.

Boykaboy leads a team of OSINT Analysts at CNAWS.

Bhavya Chaturvedi is a Senior research fellow at the Department of Political Science, University of Rajasthan. His research interests include energy security, solar diplomacy, hybrid warfare, strategic studies, and contemporary geopolitical competition. His ongoing research focuses on the comparative foreign policy approaches of India and China in the field of renewable energy and the growing role of solar diplomacy in global geopolitics. He is also interested in the evolving nature of hybrid warfare, including information warfare, OSINT, cyber influence operations, strategic infrastructure vulnerabilities, and non-conventional security challenges. His work examines the intersection of energy transitions, foreign policy, and emerging strategic threats in the contemporary international order.

Rajas Purandare holds an M.A. (Hons.) in International Relations and Strategic Studies from the University of Mumbai, with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics. He has experience across geopolitical risk, strategic research, and policy analysis, having worked with WoRisGo, Kawach Organisation, and Indic Researchers Forum. He currently works as a Geopolitical Risk Intelligence Intern at the Sir Syed Centre for International Relations and Risk Analysis.