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Venkateswaran Lokanathan

Global Fellow

    Term

    July 15, 2020 — August 31, 2025

    Professional affiliation

    Former Assistant Director, National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India
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    Expertise

    • India鈥檚 National Security Management
    • India-US Security Relations 
    • India-China Security Relations

    Wilson Center Projects

    National Security Architectures: A Comparative Analysis of India and the United States

    Full Biography

    Dr. Venkateswaran Lokanathan has two decades of professional experience across government relations, stakeholder management, public engagement and research and development. Dr. Lokanathan has contributed to official government policy with other countries; organized inter-ministerial coordination meetings of government stakeholders; interfaced with law enforcement agencies; engaged with think tanks, civil society and academia on security and foreign policy issues; and worked in multiple private and government universities and leading Indian and International research institutions. He has worked in the National Security Council Secretariat under the Prime Minister鈥檚 Office, Govt of India (2014- 2020); Rashtriya Raksha University, under the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India (2021-2024); Manipal University (2010-2012) and St. Joseph鈥檚 University (2012-2014). Dr. Lokanathan was a Kodikara Research Fellow, Regional Centre for Strategic Studies, Colombo (2013). He has over 60 written publications and presentations in nearly 40 international and national conferences.

    Major Publications

    • 鈥淣ational Security Management of India鈥, Prof (Dr) Bimal N. Patel, ed., (2023) Review of the India鈥檚 National Security Act, Gujarat: Rashtriya Raksha University Press
    • 鈥,鈥 National Interest, December 28, 2020
    • 鈥,鈥 Chanakya Forum, November 6, 2020
    • 鈥," Usanas Foundation, November 28, 2020
    • 鈥,鈥 Observer Research Foundation, August 2020
    •  鈥淯S Policy towards Afghanistan: Options for India鈥, Arpita Basu Roy, ed., (2014) Bonn鈥01 To Bonn鈥11: Debating Afghanistan鈥檚 Political Future, pp: 129-146, Kolkata: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, KW Publications,
    • 鈥淯S Rebalance to Asia: Implications for Indo-US Strategic Partnership鈥, Josukutty, ed., (2014) Asian Re-balancing and the Changing Dimensions of Indo-US Relations, pp: 65-84, New Delhi: New Century Publications 

    Previous Terms

    July 25, 2020 - July 31, 2022