Research and Technical Team

An alumnus of National Defence Academy (NDA) Kharakwasla, and Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) Wellington, Captain Parmar was commissioned into the Indian Navy on 01 July 1987 and retired on 30 June 2023. He is a Se...

Ms. Elizabeth Roche joined the Jindal School of International Affairs, (Jindal Global University) as Associate Professor after working as a journalist for almost three decades. She holds a Masters Degree in English from ...

Wg Cdr (Dr.) Manoj Kumar (Retd.) is a distinguished Indian Air Force veteran, a product leader, and a leading authority in AI and autonomous systems. His career is a testament to his unwavering commitment to advancing In...

Major Parjanya Bhatt comes with experience in national security, policy research, and media. With over eight years as a journalist and four years as a policy researcher, he brings a rare blend of practical field exposure...

Dr. Lauren Dagan Amoss is a researcher specializing in India's foreign and security policy, with a regional focus on the Indo-Pacific. She is a fellow at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) and a lecturer...

Lt Col Umang Kohli (Retd) brings over 25 years of diverse experience across military service and journalism. He served the Indian Army for 24 years, including six years in Jammu & Kashmir during active counter-terrorism ...

Divya holds a PhD in Geopolitics from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She is presently a Research Fellow with the Centre for National Security Studies, Bangalore, and th...

Arpan A. Chakravarty is a Research Fellow at the India Foundation. Currently, he is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Pune International Centre for National Security Studies and has been a Fellow of the Founding Cohort of the...

Khushi Jain is a researcher specialising in information warfare, extremist narratives, and South Asian security dynamics. She holds an MA in International Relations from King's College London, where her dissertation exam...

Violina Sarmah holds a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Gauhati University and completed her Master's in International Relations at South Asian University, New Delhi. She is currently pursuing her PhD from Sou...

Anushka Saraswat is a White-Collar Crime & National Security Law Scholar and a Consultant on International Law, Counter-Terrorism Law, Lawfare and International Disputes. She has worked on the prosecution side in cases o...

Alakshendra Singh 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,...

A serves as the Head of the Pakistan Desk at CNAWS, leading research on terrorist organisations such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Beyond counter-terrorism analysis, A tracks Pakistan's political a...

J leads the Geo-Intelligence Desk at CNAWS, specializing in monitoring terrorist infiltration patterns, key infiltration points, and transit routes across sensitive regions. Well-versed in advanced GIS tools, J produces ...

S works as an Intelligence Analyst at CNAWS, monitoring separatist and political organisations connected to Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Punjab. S also conducts sentiment analysis and narrative studies to enrich CNAWS'...

Sushant serves as the Intelligence/ Lead Analyst for the Pakistan Security Desk at CNAWS, specializing in the Balochistan insurgency and Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). His work spans monitoring the broader regional sec...

Himanshu has worked with one of India's premier technical intelligence agency, where he contributed to projects at the intersection of data, technology, and national security. His research and published works on counteri...

D serves as a Cyber Security Analyst at CNAWS, monitoring cyber operations emerging from Pakistan. D tracks hostile cyber activities and online propaganda while overseeing CNAWS's internal cyber security framework.

Vedant Sharma is a B.Tech student in Computer Science and Engineering with a specialization in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics at VIT Bhopal University. He holds certifications including EC-Council's Certified Ethic...

Ashutosh Jha is a Computer Science engineer from SRM Institute of Science and Technology and an AI/ML specialist focused on designing and building intelligent, scalable systems that operate on real-world data. His work l...

Bhavneet Singh Ahuja is a Computer Science undergraduate at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, focused on building intelligent, scalable systems at the intersection of full-stack development and artificial intellig...