Bachelor’s in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, India; Master’s in Media Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK; Doctoral studies, Global Sustainability Institute, UK. President, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), one of Asia’s most influential think tanks; provides strategic direction and leadership to ORF’s multiple centres on fundraising, research projects, platform design and outreach initiatives, including stakeholder engagement; curates the Raisina Dialogue, India’s annual flagship platform on geopolitics and geo-economics, and founded CyFy, India’s annual conference on cybersecurity and internet governance; spearheads the foundation’s efforts to foster new international partnerships and globalize its platforms.
Member, Regional Action Group of the World Economic Forum (WEF); Member, WEF Global Council on Geopolitics; Member, Board of Directors, ORF America; Member, Board of Microsoft’s Digital Peace Now.
Writes frequently on issues of global governance, climate change, energy policy, global development architecture, artificial intelligence, cyber security, internet governance, and India’s foreign policy. Has authored four books, several academic papers, and is featured regularly in Indian and international print and broadcast media.
India’s principal endeavor in the coming decades must be to put in place a new framework for its own security, growth and development, and that of developing countries around the world.
India is fast acquiring the ability to shape the Indo-Pacific region and, beyond that, the dynamically evolving global order.
Trois des applications de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) ayant la croissance la plus rapide sont une manifestation de stéréotypes patriarcaux.
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India has both the capacity and the moral authority to lead the global digital economy, says Samir Saran.
Two landmark addresses, one by Chinese president Xi Jinping and the other by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, were the clearest sign yet of a turn in the tide, says Samir Saran.
The BRICS initiative is 10 years old and has silenced many critics who thought its members were too economically, politically and geographically diverse to work together. But as cracks be...
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There are 5 hurdles standing between India and it's ambition to become a developed economy, says Samir Saran. This is how it can overcome them.
