RADM Shrikhande retired in 2016 after 36 years in the Indian Navy. In flag rank he headed Naval Intelligence; was Chief of Staff/ SNC; served in HQIDS & Strategic Forces Command among others.

Ashish teaches courses in economics and statistics at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He blogs daily at econforeverybody.com.

Madhavan co-founded PRS and is currently its President. Prior to starting PRS, Madhavan was based in Singapore covering currency and interest rate markets as Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region for Bank of America.

Surya Prakash B S a Chartered Accountant and law graduate, is Fellow and Programme Director at DAKSH, Bengaluru, a civil society organisation working on judicial reforms.

Ganesh is a writer and an editor. He is passionate about literature, public policy, and science fiction.

Anushka is a research analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme. er research focuses on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and its reforms, China-Taiwan Relations, and India’s Foreign Policy. She also curates the weekly Newsletter, ‘Eye on China’.

Ashwin is a Research Analyst working with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme at the Takshashila Institution. He monitors the evolution of India as a space power by undertaking policy research on the commercial, legal, and strategic aspects of outer space affairs from an Indian national interest perspective.

Bharath Reddy is an Associate Fellow with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme at the Takshashila Institution.

Suman is the programme manager for the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Advanced Public Policy) programme at Takshashila.

Shobhankita Reddy is a research analyst with the High Tech Geopolitics programme.

Lokendra is a Research Analyst working with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme at the Takshashila Institution. His primary research interests are tech-policy, cyberspace governance, internet governance, cyberpolitics, cybersecurity, and generally issues at the intersection of technology and politics (including nuclear developments).