Anand Arni is a Distinguished Fellow at the Takshashila Institution. As a career intelligence officer, he has spent over 25 years specialising in India’s neighbourhood policies. Post-retirement, he continues to focus on India’s western neighbours.

Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon is the Director of the Strategic Studies Programme. He is also Professor Emeritus at Trans Disciplinary University (TDU), Bangalore and Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.

Air Marshal TD Joseph has in-depth experience in strategic and operational planning, flying operations and air defence operations, managing and orchestrating resources worth thousands of crores, heading training of nearly 20,000 personnel every year, and command & leadership. He is a security strategy thinker with a published book (Winning India's Next War: The Role of Aerospace Power, published in 2007) and several articles on aerospace power and international security.

Javeed Ahmad is an Adjunct Distinguished Fellow at Takshashila. He is a retired officer of the Indian Police Service (I.P.S) of the 1984 batch, UP cadre. He has 37 years of experience in leadership and law enforcement covering aspects including anti-corruption investigations, policy planning, crisis management and security management.