People

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Aamir Rabbani

Aamir Rabbani is Multimedia Lead at ORF. He is responsible for providing artistically-pleasing visual narratives across ORF’s online platforms. Read more ►

Abhijit Mukhopadhyay

Abhijit is Senior Fellow with ORF’s Economy and Growth Programme. His main areas of research include macroeconomics and public policy, with core research areas in monetary economics and the political economy of finance. Read more ►

Abhijit Singh

A former naval officer, Abhijit Singh, Senior Fellow, heads the Maritime Policy Initiative at ORF. A maritime professional with specialist and command experience in front-line Indian naval ships, he has been involved the writing of India's maritime strategy (2007). Read more ►

Abhishek Mishra

Abhishek Mishra is an Associate Fellow with ORF's Strategic Studies Programme. His research focuses on India and China's engagement with African countries and various issues concerning African development, with a particular focus on maritime security cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region. Read more ►

Abhishek Sharma

Abhishek Sharma is Manager, Visual Media at ORF’s Mumbai Centre. His work includes event photography, video editing and curating visual content online. Read more ►

Aditya Bhan

Dr. Aditya Bhan is a Fellow at ORF. Read more ►

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy

Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy is a Junior Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. He focuses on broader strategic and security developments within South Asia, India’s relations with the region, and foreign policy of South Asian states. Read more ►

Ajay Singh

Ajay Singh is a Research Assistant at ORF Delhi. He focuses on ORF’s publications and research products in Hindi. Read more ►

Akhilesh Sati

Akhilesh is a Programme Manager for the ORF Energy Initiative. He provides and interprets data on energy, and is involved in organisational work for the intiaitive. Read more ►

Akshobh Giridharadas

Akshobh Giridharadas is a Visiting Fellow based out of Washington DC.  A journalist by profession, Akshobh Giridharadas was based out of Singapore as a reporter and producer with Channel News Asia, Singapore covering international business news. He writes on diverse topics such as geopolitics, business, tech and sports. Read more ►