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Radha Krishna Mathur

Former Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh,
Former Defence, MSME & Defence Production Secretary, Govt. of India

First Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh from 2019 to 2023. He was also the Chief Information Commissioner prior to heading the UT of Ladakh. He served the Govt. of Tripura for about 15 years and was the Chief Secy. of the state before joining Government of India. His contribution to the modernization of the Indian Armed Forces is widely recognized both nationally and internationally. In Tripura, several path breaking initiatives were taken by him.

mathur.rk@theshare.in

Ambassador Harsh Vardhan Shringla

Former Foreign Secretary India,
Former Chief Coordinator for India’s G20 Presidency.

Former Indian Ambassador to Thailand & the USA and High Commissioner to Bangladesh where he was critical in promoting India’s Neighbourhood First and Look East policies. He was a key pillar in the success of India’s G20 Presidency where he took the G20 to India’s hinterlands, including NEI. He has carved a niche for himself in developing strategic alliances, thereby putting India firmly on the global map.

shringla.hv@theshare.in

Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (Retd)

Former General Officer Commanding
Eastern Command, Indian Army

Lieutenant General Rana Pratap Kalita, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM (retd) has served for four decades the Indian Army in almost all its operational spectrums ranging of counter insurgency operations (COIN), to leading a Mountain Brigade, an Infantry Division and a Corp. in NEI before taking charge as GOC-in-C, Eastern Command. He has had two tenures with the UN to Sierra Leone and Sudan. He is widely respected for his doctrinal depth on strategic affairs.

kalita.rp@theshare.in

Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta, IPS (Retd)

Former Director General of Police, Assam, (HoPF)
Chief Information Commissioner, Assam

A highly decorated officer, he is widely acknowledged for the pivotal role he played in ushering peace in Assam. Along with his expertise in COIN, he has been a key player in transforming Assam Police into a citizen-centric, service-delivery force. His work in developing and implementing rehabilitation programs for victims of violence has been universally appreciated, including by UNICEF. He is also a national award-winning filmmaker.

bhaskar.m@theshare.in

Nazeeb Arif

Executive Vice President & Head of Corporate Communications
ITC Limited

With nearly four decades of experience, in business and industry, he has promoted sub-regional economic co-operation that puts NEI at its core. He is a recipient of the prestigious United States Asia Environmental Partnership – Environmental Leadership Award. Before joining ITC, he was the Secretary General & CEO of the Indian Chamber of Commerce. He is known to be a champion of sustainable development in the business world.

nazeeb.a@theshare.in

Dr. Samudra Gupta Kashyap

Historian and Chancellor, Nagaland University.

A widely acclaimed scholar and journalist, Dr Kashyap has to his credit four decades of reporting NE to the outside world. Author of several books primarily focused on NEI and S/SEA, he is acknowledged to have ushered in systematic changes in Nagaland University. A distinguished alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, he holds a PhD Degree in Management.

kashyap.sg@theshare.in

Subimal Bhattacharjee

Tech Policy Adviser, Columnist

Mr. Bhattacharjee is a well-known policy adviser on technology and security issues. He has been a member of the research advisory committee of Global Commission on Internet Governance and was recently a Visiting Fellow at Ostrom Workshop Indiana University US. He is a regular contributor to several print and TV media organizations in India, on all matters pertaining to technology. He is currently a board member of the cyber journal of Chatham House London. Previously, he was the Country Head of the US defence corporation General Dynamics, India.

subimal.b@theshare.in

Sunita Bhuyan

Violinist & HR Professional

A renowned violinist, she regularly performs around the globe. She is also the Chief Mentor of Atos Prayas Foundation, a visiting faculty of IIM Shillong on Music and Aesthetics & CEDEP France, and is also a consulting practitioner for various prestigious forums and organizations. She was awarded by Pope Francis at the Vatican City for her work on music therapy with underprivileged children, cancer patients and people with disability.

sunita.b@theshare.in

Abhijan Das

National Security Expert

Abhijan Das has been involved in national security affairs for over a decade, counter-terrorism being one of his key focuses. He also has close to a decade of consulting experience working with Fortune 100 companies. He has completed his M.Sc. in Strategic Studies from S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and has specialised in Terrorism Studies. He is currently overseeing the Strategic Intelligence division of one of the leading consulting firms working with law enforcement agencies to enable them to adopt emerging technologies to augment their intelligence generation capabilities.

abhijan.d@theshare.in