Lakshmi Venugopal Menon is currently pursuing Masters in the Department of International Studies in Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her areas of interests are Peace and Conflicts in Middle East and South Asia, Refugee crisis, Human Rights violations in conflict zones. She is a graduate in Psychology from Women’s Christian College, Chennai

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Israel, the Game Changer?, CIR # 18, 5 June 2018

Do we need the Quad?, CIR # 09, 9 May 2018 

Divyabharathi E is currently pursuing Masters in the Department of International Studies in Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her areas of interests are Defence and Strategic studies in South Asia, Maritime security, Indian Ocean Region Area studies, Conflict and security issues in South Asia. She is a graduate in Political Science from Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women, Chennai

Harini Madhusudan is currently working as a Project Associate, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. She has completed her masters in International Studies from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru. Her areas of interests are Geopolitical conflicts in South Asia, Technology and Diplomacy, Chinese Economy

Shalini.E currently pursuing her masters in International Studies from Christ(Deemed to be University), Bengaluru and is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.H er areas of interests are Conflict and Security issues in South Asia, International Trade, Humanitarian crisis, Terrorism. She is a graduate in History, Economics, Political science from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru

Apoorva Sudhakar is currently pursuing Masters in the department of International Studies in Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her areas of interests are Peace and Conflicts in South Asia, Governance and Human Rights issues in Afghanistan. She is a graduate in Economics from St. Albert’s college, Ernakulam.

Dhruv Ashok currently pursuing his masters in International Studies from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru and is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. His areas of interest are Conflict and Security issues, Intelligence and Terrorism. He is a graduate in History, Economics and Political science from Christ (Deemed to be University)

Jamyang Dolma is currently pursuing her Masters in International Studies from Christ (Deemed to be university) Bengaluru and she is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies,  National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her areas of interests South Asian studies, conflict and security especially “How China look upon minorities”. She is a graduate in Economics, political science and geography from The Dalai Lama Institute for higher education (affiliated under Mysore University), Mysore

Samreen Wani is currently pursuing Masters in the Department of International Studies in Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is a research scholar at the International Strategic and Security Studies Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. Her areas of interests are Politics in South Asia, India’s foreign policy and Conflict studies. She is a graduate in History and Tourism Studies from Stella Maris College, Chennai

Ann Maria is a research scholar at the School of International Strategic and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru. She is currently pursuing her masters in International Studies at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru.  Her areas of interest are conflict studies, terrorism, South Asian studies.  She is a Bachelor of Science graduate in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from Christ (Deemed to be University)

Siddhatti Mehta is an International Relations and Political Science student from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University(PDPU). Currently, she's interning with The National Institute of Advanced Studies(NIAS). Her primary interests include India's relations with Pakistan and itsneighbours, Middle East, Blue Economy and Cyber & Space Security

Manushi Kapadia is a masters student of International Relations and Political Science at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU) and currently interning at National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS). Her area of interests are conflict resolution and resolving border disputes, terrorism studies, and gender studies

Hely Desai is an International Relations student from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU). Her primary focus areas are defense and nuclear strategies. She was a former intern with The Hindu, The Indian Economist and Centre For Air Power Studies

Miti Shah is a student of International Relations at Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University. She is also a former exchange student at United States Department of States. Her interest areas are humanism, culture, diplomacy and soft power

Druta Bhatt is pursuing her B.A. in International relations with psychology from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar. She has interned at Indian Express and is currently Interning at NIAS, Bangalore. Her interest areas are diplomatic relations, soft power and confluence of psychology and international relations

Oishee Majumdar has graduated with a triple major in Political Science, History and English from Christ, Bangalore. Her interest areas include conflict and human rights. She has previously interned for a month in Nagaland for the NGO, YouthNet, working actively for the departments of Right to Information and Youth Skill training. She is currently working as a research assistant in the National Institute of Advanced Studies