Authors & Contributing Fellows

Amartya Mishra

Contributing Author

Currently a final year undergraduate student of International Relations at Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida. Amartya Mishra completed his schooling at Wynberg Allen School, Mussoorie. Research areas include the History of Partition, Theories of Economics, Chinese Political Economy, Cybersecurity, etc. He has been also pursuing a level 3 language proficiency training in Mandarin. His research interests include Game Theory and Strategy, Politics of China in Great Power Rivalry, Policy, and Cybersecurity. He has been a delegate to the UN-India as part of a project related to the sustainability and prospects of the Indian agricultural sector.

Hussainpur Sai Charan

Contributing Author

Hussainpur Sai Charan is pursuing MA (Diplomacy, Law and Business) with a specialisation in Defence and National Security Studies at the Jindal School of International Affairs. His research interest is on home-grown radicalisation and methods to combat it, and drug trafficking in the India. He is research assistant at the Centre for Security Studies at the Jindal Global University. Sai also hold online certifications from the Georgetown University, University of Maryland and UNODC e-Learning.He did bachelor’s degree in mathematics, physics, and computer sciences. He has been researching on online radicalisation across various platforms such as Twitter, Telegram, and newly emerging platforms such Hoop Messenger and Rocket.im. He is working as Research Intern with CESCUBE.

Jahanavi Sharma

Contributing Author

Jahanavi Sharma is a postgraduate student in Economics with a strong interest in research writing and data analysis. She has worked on projects involving agricultural trends, rural development, and sustainability. At CeSCube, she is interning on the Geo-economics Desk, where she will be exploring global dynamics and decode complex economic developments with an Indian lens.

Jaiee Ashtekar

Contributing Author

Jaiee is an International Relations specialist with an MA in Political Science and a Postgraduate Diploma from the University of Strathclyde. She is an expert in policy research, conflict analysis, and strategic communication. She excels at translating rigorous analysis into actionable policy recommendations and shaping public debate through high-impact publications.

Kashif Anwar

Contributing Author

Kashif Anwar, is a Research Analyst at Global Strategic & Defense News, Delhi, India and has an M.Phil in International Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, India. His key area of focus and research interests are China, the US, India and geo-strategy, geo-economic, military technology, Outer Space and geopolitical developments in the Indo-Pacific region. He has presented his research papers at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, the Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR and Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement, Nepal. He has also published his for various website, institute and think tank like Centre for Air Power Studies, The Interpreter, Nepal Institute for International Cooperation and Engagement, Global Strategic & Defense Analyses, Red Lantern Analytica, The Defence Horizon Journal, Financial Express, Modern Diplomacy, EurOpinion and The Geopolitics.

Kinnori Mukherjee

Contributing Author

Kinnori Mukherjee is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in International Studies at Christ University, Bangalore. She has completed her Bachelor’s from Fergusson College with a Major in German Language and Minors in Political Science and Economics. Her core interests lie in diplomacy, consulting, and socially impactful research. She also aspires to contribute towards strengthening the Indo-German partnership and, in the long term, advancing Indo-European relations.

Moumita Arun

Contributing Author

Moumita Arun is a sophomore at Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts, currently double majoring in International Relations and Economics. She situates her research interests at the intersection of these two fields, specifically in terms of cultural studies, gender, and security. She has hands-on experience in research and community engagement, contributing articles to campus publications, moderating international panels, and working on service-learning projects focused on education, gender equity, and access.

Pulkit Rathi

Contributing Author

Pulkit Rathi is doing his post graduation in Diplomacy, Law and Business from O P Jindal Global University

Rohitaswa Das

Contributing Author

Rohitaswa Das is currently pursuing his BA Hons degree in Political Science from St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Kolkata. He takes special interest in International Relations, keenly following US foreign policy decisions, and is also a massive fan of football. He loves. to read when free, and is also a national level debater.

Sanighdha

Contributing Author

Ms. Sanighdha is currently a Doctorate Junior Research Fellow (UGC-JRF), pursuing her Ph.D. in A.I. and National Security Laws at the Department of Laws, Panjab University, Chandigarh. Having pursued her graduation  in the field of law, she is an enrolled advocate, and has her Masters in the field of constitutional and administrative laws. She is a published poet with her two publications "The Musings of My Heart" and "My Reflective Contemplations", with the Bookleaf Publishing Agency, and additionally a published legal author with the Allahabad Law Agency, of a book titled "Indian Constitutionalism: Originalism, Living Constitutionalism and Transformative Theories", co-authored with Prof. Rattan Singh (VC, Punjab State Open University, Patiala). Additionally, she is a regular fortnightly contributing columnist to a premier defense magazine, "Life of Soldiers", and contributes to ETLegal World as well. Apart from this, she has numerous research paper publications to her credit and has presented her research papers touching socio-legal issues across international/national conferences/seminars in India. She has immense interest in issues touching upon India's defense sector and national security issues. 

Silvanah Silva

Contributing Author

Silvanah Silva is a student of International Relations at the Islamic University of Indonesia and a researcher at the Center for Indonesia-China Studies (CICS)

Alakshendra Singh

Contributing Author

Alakshendra Singh is currently in his third year of the BA (Global Affairs) program at the Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. His academic interests lie in the fields of defence, security, and strategic studies. He is an aspiring China specialist with A1 level proficiency in the Mandarin language.