Arjun Subramaniam

Air Vice Marshal (retd) Arjun Subramaniam is the author of five books, including India’s Wars: A Military History: 1947-1971 and its sequel India’s Wars 1972-2020. His Shooting Straight: A Military Biography of Lt Gen Rostum K Nanavatty was released recently. He is also the editor of an anthology of essays titled Force in Statecraft: An Indian Perspective. He is on the review editorial board of several journals and writes extensively for leading newspapers and magazines on military and strategic issues. An air power doctrinal expert, Subramaniam is also the former President’s Chair of Excellence in National Security Affairs at National Defence College, New Delhi. He has been a visiting faculty/fellow at several foreign and top Indian universities and war colleges. He is currently an Adjunct Faculty at the Kautilya School of Public Policy.