Prof. PHUNCHOK STOBDAN is the Director, Centre for Strategic & Regional Studies
(CSRS), University of Jammu. Earlier, heserved as Director of Indian Cultural Centre & First Secretary, Embassy of India, Almaty (1999-2002) and was instrumental in broadening India’s strategic and cultural interests in Central Asia. He has also served in National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS), Government of India (2004-2005) and was a Senior Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) New Delhi (2005-2006). He has written extensively on strategic affairs, both in India and abroad, and has authored over 150 papers including four Books. He has represented India in various International Conferences and bilateral dialogues,
and immensely contributed policy inputs on key foreign/ security issues to the Government.

Dr. D SUBA CHANDRAN is Assistant Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi and is currently a Visiting Fellow at the CSRS, University of Jammu. His primary area of research includes Pakistan’s internal security, in particular Balochistan and FATA; and J&K. Since January 2007, he is under taking field research in Kashmir on a study titled – People, State and Violence: Conflict Transformation in Jammu and Kashmir. He also edits an annual titled Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia.