Mr. Pinku Jha is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur, with research expertise in Indic studies, the Mahabharata, and Indian political thought. He has been a Fellow at the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI) and has edited Welfare and Development, Vol. I & II. His Ph.D. at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda explores ideas of welfare in the Mahabharata and their influence on modern Indian thinkers, blending classical texts with contemporary political discourse. Dr. Nidhi Shendurnikar has a doctoral degree in Political Science from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Gujarat. She has close to a decade of teaching and research experience in media and communication studies having supervised over sixty postgraduate dissertations. At present, she is an independent media educator and researcher working freelance on documentation, consultancy and research projects.
In the contemporary landscape of hybrid warfare, information has emerged as a strategic weapon. State and non-state actors deploy disinformation (intentional deception), fake narratives to shape public opinion, manipulate facts, and delegit...
