Dr. Happymon Jacob

Founder & Director

Happymon Jacob is the founder and director of CSDR. He directs CSDR’s research and activities across divisions.

Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd)

Co-Founder

D S Hooda co-founded CSDR and directs projects of its defense and security verticals.

Dr. Gaurav Saini

Co-Founder

Gaurav Saini is co-founder of CSDR and leads product design and partnerships.

Rakesh Sood

Distinguished Fellow

Rakesh Sood is a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR and directs the work of CSDR's Space Technologies and Policy Program.

Riva Ganguly Das

Distinguished Fellow

Riva Ganguly Das is a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR and supports CSDR's work on the Indo-Pacific and South Asia.

C Raja Mohan

Advisor

C Raja Mohan is an Advisor at CSDR and provides direction to CSDR's Geopolitics and International Security Program

Col. Shashank Ranjan

Non-Resident Fellow

Col. Ranjan is a Non-Resident fellow at CSDR and supports our work on the Indian Defense Industry, Internal Security, and Counterterrorism.

Atul Chandra

Non-Resident Fellow

Atul is a Non-Resident Fellow at CSDR and supports our work on Aerospace and Defense industry.

Lt Gen Sanjay Verma (Retd)

Distinguished Fellow

Lt Gen Sanjay Verma (retd) is a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR where he directs CSDR's work on Indian Defense Industry.

Anita Prakash

Distinguished Fellow

Anita Prakash is a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR and informs our work on Geoeconomics.

Capt Sarabjeet S Pramar

Distinguished Fellow

Capt Parmar is a Distinguished Fellow at CSDR and supports CSDR's work on Indo-Pacific, Maritime Security and the Indian Ocean Region.

Dr Debak Das

Non-Resident Fellow

Debak is a Non-Resident Fellow at CSDR and supports our work on Nuclear security and international security.

Nihal Krishnan

Felow

Nihal Krishan is an award-winning journalist and scholar who focuses on the nexus of tech and politics. After spending a decade as a reporter in Washington, D.C., Nihal moved to New Delhi to cover tech policy and online speech issues in India. He grew up in S.Korea, Saudi Arabia, India and Singapore.

Dr. Jabin Jacob

Non-Resident Senior Fellow

Dr. Jacob, an Associate Professor with a Ph.D. in Chinese Studies, has extensive experience in Asia's geopolitics, with notable publications and contributions to defense education.

Garima Shrivastava

Non-Resident Fellow

Garima is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at Uppsala University's Centre for Gender Research and is an expert on gender and development.

VAdm Anil K Chawla (Retd)

Distinguished Fellow

VAdm Anil K Chawla is the former Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Southern Naval Command and a Distinguished Fellows at CSDR.

Shiv Sahai

Distinguished Fellow

Shiv Sahai has served as an Additional Secretary of the Internal Affairs Division in the National Security Council Secretariat and is Distinguished Fellow at CSDR.

Dr. Tishya Khillare

Fellow

Dr. Tishya Khillare is a Fellow at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR), New Delhi. She leads CSDR's work on Non-traditional Security issues in South Asia and the Indo Pacific, specifically on Climate Diplomacy, South-South and Triangular Cooperation, Feminist Foreign Policy, and Gender and Security.

Dr. Ritesh Kumar

Fellow

Ritesh Kumar is a Fellow at CSDR and leads on CSDR's program on AI and Linguistics.

Dr. Sidharth Raimedhi

Fellow

Sidharth Raimedhi is a Fellow at CSDR. He is the editor-in-chief, and contributor, to the DIPTEL newsletter which covers contemporary Indian foreign policy developments on a weekly basis.