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Ajey Lele

Group Captain (Dr) Ajey Lele (Retd.) is the Deputy Director General, MP-IDSA. Earlier, he was a Senior Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses and a part of its Centre on Strategic Technologies. He started his professional career as an officer in the Indian Air Force, and took early retirement from the service to pursue his academic interests. He has a Masters degree in Physics from Pune University, and Masters and MPhil degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University. He has done his doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His specific areas of research include issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Space Security and Strategic Technologies. He has contributed articles to various national and international journals, websites and newspapers. He has authored ten books and has also been an editor for eight books. He is a recipient of the K. Subrahmanyam Award (2013) which is conferred for outstanding contribution in the area of strategic and security studies

Deputy Director General

Publication

Global Moon Agenda

Consultant, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Global Moon Agenda’ has been published in Financial Express on 09 July 2023. Total six manned missions landed on the Moon...

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Artemis Accords and ASAT Power

Consultant Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt Ajey Lele’s article ‘Artemis Accords and ASAT Power’ has been published in Financial Express on 02 July 2023. The major limitation of these accords...

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