Dr. Laxman Kumar Behera

Associate Editor

Associate Professor, Special Centre for National Security Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Profile Links:

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Laxman-Behera

LinkedIn: https://in.linkedin.com/in/dr-laxman-kumar-behera-36a6bb18

Institutional Website: https://www.jnu.ac.in/content/laxmanbehera

For Correspondence:

Email: lkbehera@mail.jnu.ac.in, laxmanbehera@gmail.com

Official Address: # 19, Special Centre for National Security Studies (SCNSS), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi – 110067

Educational Details:

PhD: 2001-2012, International Relations and National Security Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Professional Experiences:

1) More than 14 years of research experience

2) Visiting Professor to ICCR India Chair in FGV, Rio de Janerio, Brazil in 2013

3) External member in the Defence Audit Advisory Board (DAAB) constituted by the defence wing of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG)

4) Consultant to the Taskforce on Defence Modernisation and Self-reliance, constituted by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS)

5) Member of three IDSA study teams that prepared reports for the Seventh Central Pay Commission; Expenditure Management Commission, Ministry of Finance; and Director General (Acquisition), MoD

6) Chief Coordinator of a major International Seminar on Defence Acquisition held on July 12-14, 2011 in IDSA

7) Member and Coordinator of three major studies tasked by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India

8) Research Fellow, MP-IDSA, New Delhi: September 2010-September 2020

9) Associate Fellow, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi: September 2006-October 2010

Additional Information:

1) Research Interests: External Security, Defence Policy and Planning, Arms Procurement, Offsets, arms Production, Military Expenditure, Civil-Military Relations

2) President’s (Defence Minister) Award for Excellence for outstanding research, 2011 and 2012