D.R. Kaarthikeyan
President

D.R. Kaarthikeyan, a former Indian Police Service officer, has served at national and international levels, retired as the Director of the prestigious Central Bureau of Investigation of India. Earlier, he was Chief of Intelligence and Security of Karnataka State, DIG of Railway Police, Director of Trade Promotion in Australia with headquarters in Sydney, Diplomat and Head of Chancery and Consular Division of the Embassy of India in Moscow, Director-General of Central Reserve Police Force; and Director-General in the National Human Rights Commission

He was also the Chief of Investigation of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Currently he is visiting Professor in prestigious Institutions; President of Magus Media which publishes ‘Life Positive’ Magazines; President of “NAAM Ulavar”, a farmer’s magazine; Chairperson/ Patron/ President/ Deputy Chairman/Adviser/Member in several voluntary organizations including  World Community Service Centre, National Agriculturists Awareness Movement, Bharat Bio-Fuels Growers and Manufacturers Association, Human Rights Organization, National Alliance for Fundamental Right to Education, Bramakumari’s Academy for a Better World, All-India Conference of Intellectuals, World Congress for Peace and Harmony, Indian

He has participated in several National and international conferences and published papers on matters relating to Law, Human Rights, Ethics, Terrorism, Peace, Non-violence, Harmony of Religions, Spirituality, Environment, Agriculture and Management. Visited over 100-Countries.

He is also the author of bestseller - “Triumph of Truth – Rajiv Gandhi Assassination – The Investigation”.  Also has published a book on “Human Rights – Problems and Solutions”. Co-editor (along with Prof. L. S. Germani, Link Campus University, Rome) of “Pathways out of Terrorism and Insurgency: the Dynamics of Political Violence and Peace Processes in Contemporary Societies”.

Mallika A Joseph, Ph D
Secretary

Dr Joseph researches on various issues relating to South Asian security. In particular, she works on security sector reforms and has worked with the DFID on a study on Security Sector Reforms in Asia. In 2007 and in 2006, she was part of the DFID high-level technical team that offered consultancy for broad based SSR engagement in Guyana.

Her areas of interests include security sector reforms, international terrorism, Left Extremism, improvised explosive devices, small arms and light weapons.

She has co-authored three books, Small Arms and the Security Debate in South Asia, Anti-Personnel Landmines: A South Asian Regional Survey and Lethal Fields: Landmines and Improvised Explosive Devices in South Asia and was a regular contributor to the Landmine Monitor for the country sections on South Asian countries. She has also co-edited Reintroducing Human Security in South Asia, Consolidating Peace in Jammu and Kashmir, Terrorism and its repercussions on International Politics and Missing Boundaries: Refugees, Migrants, Stateless and Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia.

Dr Joseph is presently Deputy Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies

D. Suba Chandran

Dr Chandran's primary area of research includes Pakistan's internal security, in particular Balochistan, FATA and Northern Areas. He also works on Kashmir, terrorism, particularly Suicide Terrorism and armed conflicts in South Asia.

Some his recent publications include: "Sectarian Violence in Northern Areas," in P Stobdan and Suba Chandran eds., The Last Colony: Muzaffarabad-Gilgit-Baltistan (New Delhi: India Research Press, 2008) pp. 55-86; "Pakistan: Tribal Troubles in Balochistan and Waziristan," in D. Suba Chandran ed., Armed Conflicts and Peace Processes in South Asia 2006, pp. 159-179; "India and Armed Nonstate Actors in the Kashmir Conflict," in WPS Sidhu et al, ed., Kashmir: New Voices, New Approaches (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2006) pp. 80-107; "Intra-State Armed Conflicts in South Asia: Impact on Regional Security," in Dev Raj Dahal and Nishchal Nath Pandey, ed., Comprehensive Security in South Asia (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2006) pp. 159-175

Currently, he is Deputy Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi.