Sameer Patil

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About Sameer Patil

Dr. Sameer Patil is a Senior Fellow at Observer Research Foundation. Previously, he was Fellow for International Security Studies programme at Gateway House, a Mumbai-based foreign policy think tank. His research encompasses India’s national security priorities, cyber security, defence industrial indigenisation, counter-terrorism and regional security. At Gateway House, Sameer participated in the India-Canada Track 1.5 Dialogues and India-U.K. Track 1.5 Cyber Dialogue. Sameer has completed his PhD in international relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His PhD thesis examined India's nuclear policy decision-making. He is the author of Securing India in the Cyber Era (Routledge, 2022). Sameer earlier worked as Assistant Director at the National Security Council Secretariat, in the Indian Prime Minister's Office, New Delhi. As intelligence analyst in the NSCS, he handled counter-terrorism, regional security and Kashmir desks. He was also part of the inaugural rounds of the India-U.S. and India-U.K. Strategic Intelligence Dialogues, after the 2008 Mumbai attacks. He also serves as a dissertation advisor at the Indian Naval War College, Goa where he advises Captains of the Indian Navy pursuing M.Phil. In 2019, he was a recipient of the Canberra Fellowship, awarded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia. He is also the recipient of Junior Research Fellowship (2005) from the University Grants Commission for pursuing research in International Relations. His views on Indian security issues regularly feature in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, CNBC, Reuters and other prominent news agencies.