Madhav Das Nalapat

Prof. M.D. Nalapat was appointed India’s first Professor of Geopolitics & the UNESCO Peace Chair by Manipal University in 1999, positions he still holds. An Executive Committee Member of the Editors Guild of India, Member of Indian School of Social & Economic Sciences and Associate Member of the National Institute of Advanced Studies and the United Services Institution, Prof Nalapat is also the Editorial Director of ITV Media Network, having previously edited the Mathrubhumi and the Times of India. He writes extensively in national and international publications and has authored nine books.

Prof. Nalapat has lectured extensively in India, the US, the UK, Austria, China, Taiwan and other countries and has originated several concepts, including that of the constrainment of China, Asian NATO, Southern Asia rather than only South Asia as India’s hinterland and the concept of the proxy nuclear state.