Dr. Roshan Khanijo

Dr. Roshan Khanijo is the Director (Projects & Events) at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), New Delhi. She is a strategic analyst whose areas of focus include security, nuclear issues, the Indo-Pacific region, the nuclear and conventional weapons programmes of nuclear-weapon states, nuclear disarmament and arms control, and niche technologies such as Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) and Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (HGVs). She has also undertaken Net Assessment studies, assisting in assessments of Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, China, and other countries. She has authored and edited books, monographs, and occasional papers, including 'Complexities and Challenges of Nuclear India', 'Indo-Pacific Region: Security Dynamics and Challenges', 'Nuclear Security Summit: The Challenge Continues', 'China’s Military Modernisation', and 'Hypersonic Glide Vehicles: Implications for India'. She has participated as a panellist in numerous national and international workshops and seminars and has presented papers at institutions including the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS), Beijing; the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), Beijing; and the Research Institute for National Security Affairs (RINSA), South Korea. She also undertook a project on the Indo-Pacific region with Sichuan University, Chengdu. Dr. Khanijo has served as a panellist at the International Nuclear Seminar organised by the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and at the IISS–ORF joint seminar on strategic stability in the Indo-Pacific region. She has also delivered guest lectures at the Southern Naval Command, Kochi; the Army Training Command (ARTRAC), Shimla; the Air War College, Hyderabad; and other defence institutions.