Tribute to My Chithappa – Dr. S. Kalyanaraman (Mahesh chithappa)

I am feeling extremely happy, so proud that my chithappa’s book had released today. Yet I am sad that he is not around when his book on “India’s Military Strategy – Countering Pakistan’s Challenge” got released. Last year his previous book he co-edited with Jo Inge Bekkevold “India’s Great Power Politics – Managing China’s Rise” got published a year after his death. Dr. S. Kalyanaraman – my chithappa was a Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. His research focus was India’s defence and security policies. He was visiting member of faculty at the National Defence College, Army War College, Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service, and Bhutan’s Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies. While doing his PhD he was selected for the Nehru Centenary Fellowship with Kings College, London. He headed the editorial board for his institute for many years & various boards outside the institute. During his me...