Dr Soumya Awasthi, a Fellow with the Observer Research
Foundation, has previously worked with reputed organisations
like the Tony Blair Institute, Vivekananda International
Foundation and Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence and
Strategic Analyses in New Delhi. Her expertise spans
counterterrorism, deradicalisation, South Asian strategic
studies, Afghanistan and India's defence and strategic policy.
She holds a doctorate from Jawaharlal Nehru University,
focusing on the role of Religious Discourse in Regional
Geopolitics, with a case study on Deoband Philosophy in
India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Dr Awasthi's significant
works include "Compendium on Terror Groups" (2022) and
"Tracing Journey of India’s Defence Budget: An Analysis"
(2015). Her co-edited book, "India’s Nuclear Titans
Biographical Tales," has received accolades from diplomats and
the scientific community for its exemplary contribution to the
discourse on Nuclear Studies from a historical perspective. She
contributes regularly to the Jamestown Foundation, Hindustan
Times and Observer Research Foundation.
