Harsh V Pant
Harsh V Pant – Leading Expert on Foreign Policy, Strategic Affairs & Global Security
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About Harsh V Pant
Professor Harsh V Pant is widely regarded as one of India’s most influential thinkers on foreign policy, security, and global governance. He currently serves as Distinguished Fellow and Director of Research at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, while also holding the position of Professor of International Relations at King’s College London, where he teaches at the Defence Studies Department and the India Institute. He is also Director Emeritus of the Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, University of Delhi.
Harsh V Pant has taught, researched, and advised across continents, serving as Visiting Professor or Fellow at institutions such as IIM Bangalore, the University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, the University of Melbourne, Banaras Hindu University, and O.P. Jindal Global University. This sustained engagement with both Indian and Western academic ecosystems gives him a rare comparative lens on global power and strategic culture.
His expertise lies in Asian security, nuclear policy, India–US relations, strategic autonomy, and emerging power politics. What is less often spoken about is Professor Pant’s role as an intellectual bridge between academia and policy practice. He writes and teaches with academic rigour, yet his ideas remain actionable, shaping conversations in think tanks, ministries, and international forums alike. His authority is reinforced by a prolific body of work, including landmark books such as India and Global Governance, India’s Nuclear Policy, and The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy. His trustworthiness comes from analytical consistency across ideological and national divides.
A regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Hindustan Times, Japan Times, The National (UAE), and The Telegraph, Professor Pant is valued not for prediction, but for perspective. Book Harsh V Pant as a motivational speaker for your next event.
Professor Harsh V Pant is widely regarded as one of India’s most influential thinkers on foreign policy, security, and global governance. He currently serves as Distinguished Fellow and Director of Research at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, while also holding the position of Professor of International Relations at King’s College London, where he teaches at the Defence Studies Department and the India Institute. He is also Director Emeritus of the Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, University of Delhi.
Harsh V Pant has taught, researched, and advised across continents, serving as Visiting Professor or Fellow at institutions such as IIM Bangalore, the University of Pennsylvania, McGill University, the University of Melbourne, Banaras Hindu University, and O.P. Jindal Global University. This sustained engagement with both Indian and Western academic ecosystems gives him a rare comparative lens on global power and strategic culture.
His expertise lies in Asian security, nuclear policy, India–US relations, strategic autonomy, and emerging power politics. What is less often spoken about is Professor Pant’s role as an intellectual bridge between academia and policy practice. He writes and teaches with academic rigour, yet his ideas remain actionable, shaping conversations in think tanks, ministries, and international forums alike. His authority is reinforced by a prolific body of work, including landmark books such as India and Global Governance, India’s Nuclear Policy, and The US Pivot and Indian Foreign Policy. His trustworthiness comes from analytical consistency across ideological and national divides.
A regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Hindustan Times, Japan Times, The National (UAE), and The Telegraph, Professor Pant is valued not for prediction, but for perspective. Book Harsh V Pant as a motivational speaker for your next event.
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Career Highlights and Achievements of Harsh V Pant
Director of Research, ORF
Serves as Director of Research & Head of the Strategic Studies Programme
Visiting Professor at Global Institutions
Has been Visiting Professor/Fellow at top institutions such as IIM Bangalore, University of Pennsylvania, McGill, Melbourne, and BHU.
Prolific Author
Authored several influential works including India’s Afghan Muddle etc
Director (Honorary), University of Delhi
Holds the position of Honorary Director at University of Delhi
Contributor to Global Media
Writes regularly for international outlets such as Wall Street Journal, Hindustan Times, Japan Times, and The Telegraph.
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