Joined IDSA

February 2010

Expertise

Net Assessment, India’s Defence and Security Policies, West Asia

Education

MSc and MPhil in Defence and Security Studies, MSc in Disaster Mitigation, Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights.

Background

Brig Rumel Dahiya, SM (Retd) is Deputy Director General at the Institute of Defence Studies & Analyses. He is also Coordinator of the Military Affairs Centre and Managing Editor of the Journal of Defence Studies.

Brig. Dahiya is an Indian Army veteran with extensive command and staff experience spanning 32 years, including in counter-insurgency operations. He previously served as a Defence Attache to Turkey, Syria and Lebanon, and with the Indian Military Training Team in Bhutan. He also served with Military Operations Directorate of the Indian Army and Net Assessment Directorate at Integrated Defence Staff. Brig. Dahiya is a graduate of the National Defence College and Defence Services Staff College. He was awarded the Sword of Honour and Gold Medal at the Indian Military Academy at his commissioning.

Select Publications

• India and West Asia: Challenges and Opportunities, Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4, October–December 2015.
• Kate Sullivan, Competing Visions of India in World Politics: India’s Rise Beyond the West
  , Indian Foreign Affairs Journal, Vol. 10, No. 4, October–December 2015.
• Faulty Manpower Policy in Indian Armed Forces: Time for Action, IDSA Issue Brief, June 13, 2011.
• Changing Face of Turkey, Strategic Analysis, January 2011.
• Edited book titled "Asia 2030: The Unfolding Future", 2010
• Modernization of Infantry in India, Journal of Defence Studies, July 2010.

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