ARVIND GUPTA

Dr. Arvind Gupta is the Director of Vivekananda International Foundation, a Delhi based independent, non-partisan think-tank focusing on research on foreign policy, defence, and security related issues from an Indian perspective. From 2014-17, he was the Deputy National Security Advisor and headed the National Security Council Secretariat in the Government of India. During 2012-14, he was Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He was Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair on National Security at the IDSA during 2008-2014. Dr. Gupta is a former Diplomat and is also an Honorary Professor in the Department of Defence and National Security Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh. His interests are in India’s foreign policy, security, history, culture and civilization. His book How India Manages its National Security was published by Penguin India Ltd. in 2018.

Ravi has travelled widely and led expeditions in China, Mongolia and Myanmar.
He can be reached at: sush.ravi@gmail.com or +91-9811112666.