Arvind Gupta

Dr. Arvind Gupta is an officer of the Indian Foreign Service, (1979 batch). He presently holds the Lal Bahadur Shastri Chair in Strategic and Defence Studies at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.


Prior to joining IDSA, Dr. Gupta was Joint Secretary at the National Security Council Secretariat from 1999 to 2008. During his tenure at the NSCS, he dealt with a wide spectrum of national security issues.


Dr Arvind Gupta has wide-ranging diplomatic experience gained while working in Indian missions abroad. He has handled a number of assignments in the Ministry of External Affairs in different capacities.


His current interests include: the impact of globalisation on India’s security; the security, foreign policy and diplomatic challenges before India; energy security, climate change, institutional reform, India’s neighbours, internal security, and technology & security.


He has several books, articles and papers to his credit.


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