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The author is a retired Indian Army officer. He has also served as a defence PRO, Jaipur.

The writer is a professional broadcaster who retired from Doordarshan as an assistant director (programme). He served 39 years in All India Radio and Doordarshan in various capacities, such as news reader and news editor, and went on to serve as a programme executive. Later, he served as an assistant director in Doordarshan before finally retiring.

Akanksha Chopra is a young researcher and policymaker with a Master of Arts in Political Science and International Relations and a Master of Arts in Mass Communication and Journalism. She had worked for the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) and the foreign ministry’s Indo-Pacific division. She is currently pursuing a master’s programme in International Development Practice from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and Monash University, Melbourne.

The author is an engineer and a budding geopolitical observer.

The author is an assistant law professor at Amity University, Noida and PhD scholar at Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. His areas of interest are international law and international relations.

Aprajita Singh is a budding journalist. She has completed her undergraduate course in journalism in 2023. She is a news junkie and loves writing and anchoring. Reading, researching on little-known facts, cooking, and listening to music are some of her hobbies.

The author retired as a commandant in the Border Security Force. Before joining the BSF, he served in the Indian Army as a short service commissioned officer. After retirement, he had a brief stint in the academia. Currently, he is a commentator on security and strategic issues and regularly contributes to various well-known journals.

The author is a student and writer from Barisadri, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. He is the author of “Major Shaitan Singh, PVC: The Man in Half Light”– the only biography of the 1962 India-China war hero. He has also written a book on 21 Param Vir Chakra awardees of India’s armed forces and writes poems on India’s bravehearts. His first two poems – “Paramvir” and “Jeet” – have been widely appreciated.

Shailmanyu Singh Rathore is a corporate lawyer with an interest in military history.

Vinay Kumar is a Delhi-based senior journalist. He had worked with the PTI news agency and The Hindu newspaper. At The Hindu, he had headed the national bureau.

Gyan Bhadra is a Delhi-based senior journalist and columnist. He extensively writes on the issues relating to science, health, diplomacy, and corporate affairs. In the past, he had worked for Hindustan Times in Patna. He has also been writing articles for the Financial Express, Asian Age, Blitz, Telegraph, Deccan Herald among others.

The author is a senior research associate at the Maritime History Society, Mumbai. She is an architect by profession. Her interest towards built heritage and coastal infrastructure leads to her association with the organization.

The author is the founder and president of India Water Foundation. He is the current governor of the World Water Council. He has been instrumental in intersectoral convergence in water sector and regional water diplomacy.

The author was commissioned the Indian Army’s Regiment of Artillery, in 1978. He participated in Operation Meghdoot, Operation Parakram, various counterinsurgency operations in the northeast and in Kashmir, and took part in Operation Vijay. He retired from the Army in 2009.

Colonel Sombit Ghosh is an Indian Army officer. He served as the PRO in the defence ministry.

The author is a former colonel of the Mahar Regiment. He has the distinction of having served and commanded troops along the northern borders in the western, central and the eastern sectors. Currently, he is pursuing a doctoral thesis on the resolution of India-China border dispute and comments on global security and geostrategy, especially on AfPak, in mainstream and digital media.

Sreoshi Sinha is a PhD scholar at the Nelson Mandela Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution in Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. She has completed MPhil in Foreign Policy Studies from the Institute of Foreign Policy Studies, University of Calcutta.

The writer is an Assam-based strategic affairs analyst and author of two books – “India’s fragile foreign policy towards neighbouring nations” and “Modi’s rule and India’s unbound opportunities: Narrative of the substantives and beyond”.

B Maria Kumar is a retired IPS officer who served as the DGP of Madhya Pradesh. He is a commentator on current affairs. He is the author of the book "Be Selfish But Good" and "Policing by Common Sense". He currently resides in Hyderabad.

Sayan is a Delhi-based independent contributor to print and online publications. He is a Defence Correspondent Course qualified journalist.

Seema Chowdhury is a defence research scholar. Her research work broadly covers Asia Pacific with focus on the foreign and domestic policy of China, Pakistan, and India, including their relationship with each other.

Born in Kolkata, bred all over the place. Management consultant, master practitioner in NLP. Interested in military history since boyhood. Wrote for Financial Express, Economic Times and had a career advice column in The Telegraph.

Sanjiv Krishan Sood retired as an additional director general of the Border Security Force. He has served along India’s borders Pakistan and Bangladesh, including sensitive and volatile sectors, in his 38 years of meritorious service in the force.

Shishu Ranjan is an economist working with a Foreign Bank as an Assist. Vice President.

The author is the CEO of ONGC Foundation. He is also an Entrepreneur and Management Professional with over 25 years of experience in various domains.

He is the Vice president Product Marketing at Paytm.

Joy Das is a Bengaluru-based journalist, who formerly worked with Deccan Herald and UNI. He writes about the topics that interests him.

Devyani Punj is an English Teacher at DAV Public School, Dehradun. She is a reader, writer and a devoted animal lover. She is passionate about writing and likes to bring the lesser known issues to light.

Shivam is a student of International Relations at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. He is a keen observer of national and global politics.

The writer is a Bihar-based political analyst and social activist.

The writer is a Delhi-based senior journalist, covering defence and strategic affairs.