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Namit Verma is an India-based security and geopolitics analyst.

Shubham Sharma is a researcher on Indian Military History and Warfare. He was the part of the First Meeting of the Govt of India chaired by Minister of Culture Shri Prahlad Singh Patel in December 2020 to give suggestions regarding 125th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. He was the youngest member in the meeting. He was invited by Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Mo...

Dinkar P. Srivastava joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1978. He has served in Karachi in the early 90s. Also served in the Middle East, Washington, Brussels and Tehran. In 1993-94, as Director (UNP), he was part of successful Indian lobbying efforts against four Pakistani attempts to have resolutions on J&K adopted in UN General Assembly and UN Commission on Human Rights. He was involved in...

Pavneet Singh is an author and teacher at Tmentors UPSC platform. He teaches aspirants for Indian Civil Services Examination. His YouTube channel is called SpyGamesPavneet.

Brigadier (Retd.) Surinder Singh, SM, VSM, commanded the 121 (Independent) Infantry Brigade—better known as the Kargil Brigade—during the 1999 Kargil War. He has long argued that he repeatedly warned higher headquarters about Pakistani intrusions and intelligence lapses, claims he says were later suppressed or ignored. During the conflict he was removed from command, and in the war’s aftermath he...

Prof. Gautam R. Desiraju (born 21 August 1952) is an Indian structural chemist and Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. A pioneer of crystal engineering, he helped establish the importance of weak hydrogen bonds and introduced the “supramolecular synthon” concept. He served as President of the International Union of Crystallography (2011–2014). Educated at St. Xavier’s...

Riri G. Trivedi is a certified parenting coach, psychotherapist, trainer, and researcher, widely recognized for her work in positive parenting and trauma healing. She is the co-author of This Book Won’t Teach You Parenting: But It Will Make You a Better Parent and the co-founder of both Wellness Space and the Society for Energy and Emotions (SEE), organizations dedicated to evidence-based psychoth...

Dr. Gurbachan Singh is an independent economist based in India, known for his work at the intersection of macroeconomics and financial stability. He holds degrees from Hindu College, the Delhi School of Economics, and a Ph. D. from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi Centre. Over the years, he has taught as a visiting professor at institutions like Ashoka University, ISI Delhi, and Jawaharlal...

Captain Amit Singh, FRAeS is a veteran Indian airline pilot turned safety strategist with more than 35 years in civil aviation and over 18,000 flight hours on Boeing 777 and Airbus A320 aircraft. He has held senior leadership posts—including Chief of Safety, Chief Pilot Training and Director Flight Operations—at IndiGo and AirAsia India. In recognition of his contributions to training and safety,...

Rajendra Bhosale is an entrepreneur, a factory owner and one of the Directors of Topsail Appliances Private Limited, a Home Appliances manufacturer which deals exclusively in exports of their products.

Colonel Yogander Singh (retd) is a retired Indian Army officer and military historian, with special focus on Haryana. He has written several books, most prominent among them being 'Hal Wa Samshir: Politico-Military History of Haryana'. 'Future Ready Indian Army' and 'Effective Deterrence: Thoughts on India's Security Policy and Structures in the Twenty-first Century'.Hi...

Colonel Yogander Singh (retd) is a retired Indian Army officer and military historian, with special focus on Haryana. He has written several books, most prominent among them being 'Hal Wa Samshir: Politico-Military History of Haryana'. 'Future Ready Indian Army' and 'Effective Deterrence: Thoughts on India's Security Policy and Structures in the Twenty-first Century'.Hi...

Group Captain Ajay Kumar Ahlawat (Retd.) is a distinguished former fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF), with a service career spanning over two decades. During his tenure, Group Captain Ahlawat held several key positions, including serving as the Commanding Officer of the Operational Conversion Unit at Air Force Station Kalaikunda from July 2014 to March 2016. He also completed a staff cou...

Gaurav Sen is a senior research fellow at Jawaharlal Nehru University and the author of Peril of the Pacific: Military balance and Battle for Taiwan. He expertise on Taiwan and Indo-Pacific geopolitics.

John Spencer is one of the world’s foremost authorities on urban warfare, the kind of fighting that’s reshaping modern conflict, from Gaza to Ukraine. A retired U.S. Army major, John served more than 25 years in uniform and now leads research as the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Modern War Institute at West Point. He’s walked the streets of Mariupol, studied the rubble of Gaza, and is now...

Amit Sangwan is a Gurgaon-based content creator, private investor, astrologer, marital-counsellor and real estate consultant whose straight-talk videos have made him a familiar face across India’s YouTube landscape. Branding himself the “No. 1 Clarity Giver,” he runs a cluster of channels—Sango Life Sutras, Clarity for Youth, Guruji from Gurugram, Sango Real Estate and Sango Saral Jyotish—that ble...

Vishal Bhargava is a Mumbai-based real-estate journalist and commentator best known for his sharp take on India’s property markets. A former analyst with Bank of America and CLSA who later reported for The Economic Times and business channel ET NOW, Bhargava blends on-ground reportage with an insider’s understanding of finance to decode everything from redevelopment politics to price bubbles. Bhar...

Prof. (Dr.) Tirath Das Dogra, MD, FAMS, FICPath is India’s best-known forensic pathologist and a former Director of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. Awarded the country’s first MD in Forensic Medicine (AIIMS, 1976) and later head of the department (1987-2012), he set up AIIMS’s pioneering Medical Toxicology Laboratory (1987) and the institute’s first hospital-based D...

Dr Abhinav Pandya, a Cornell University graduate in public affairs and a bachelor's from St. Stephen's College, Delhi, is a founder and CEO of Usanas Foundation, an India-based foreign policy and security think tank. He has authored books named 'Radicalization in India: An Exploration (2019)' and 'Terror Financing in Kashmir (2023)'.He had previously advised the former governor of Jammu and Kashmi...

K. Giriprakash is a seasoned business journalist based in Bengaluru, with over three decades of experience covering key sectors of the Indian economy. Currently serving as the Business Editor at The Federal, he previously held prominent roles at The Hindu BusinessLine—including Chief of Bureau and Associate Editor—and contributed to Business Standard, Reuters, and The Pioneer. He is the author of...

Puneet Sahani is an Indian author, independent researcher, and commentator known for his work on Sikh history, identity, and the intersection of religion and politics in South Asia. He is particularly recognized for his critical perspectives on the evolution of Sikh identity and the Khalistan movement.

Shiv Kunal Verma is an Indian military historian, author, and filmmaker renowned for his extensive work documenting India's military history and cultural landscapes. Born into an army family, he received his education at The Doon School and Madras Christian College. Verma began his career by opening trekking routes between Kashmir, Zanskar, and Ladakh. He later transitioned into journalism and...

Group Captain Ajay Kumar Ahlawat (Retd.) is a distinguished former fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force (IAF), with a service career spanning over two decades. During his tenure, Group Captain Ahlawat held several key positions, including serving as the Commanding Officer of the Operational Conversion Unit at Air Force Station Kalaikunda from July 2014 to March 2016. He also completed a staff cou...

Pralav Dhyani is a maritime professional, entrepreneur, and survivor of one of the longest modern-day pirate hostage crises. At just 21, while serving as a deck cadet aboard the MV RAK Afrikana, he was taken hostage by Somali pirates off the coast of Africa. He and his multinational crew endured 331 harrowing days in captivity — facing mock executions, psychological trauma, and constant fear. His...

Jay Vardhan Singh is currently doing his PhD in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His area of interest includes the Ancient and early medieval history of the Indian subcontinent.