Harsh V Pant

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.