Manoj Joshi is an Indian

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and author specialising in security and international relations. As of 2013 he is a Distinguished Fellow at the

Observer Research Foundation Observer Research Foundation (ORF) is an independent global think tank based in Delhi, India. The foundation has three centres in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata. ORF provides potentially viable inputs for policy and decision-makers in the Indian ...

, a

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–based think tank. Before that he was a professional journalist whose previous job was as Comment Editor with the ''

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'' newspaper in India.

Education

Joshi finished his schooling from St. Joseph's College, Nainital. After an undergraduate degree at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Joshi studied history at the

University of Lucknow University of Lucknow (informally known as Lucknow University, and LU) is one of the oldest public state university based in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. LU's main campus is located at Badshah Bagh, University Road area of the city with a second ...

and earned his

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and PhD from the School of International Studies,

Jawaharlal Nehru University Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university ...

Career

Joshi was a Comment Editor with the ''

'' newspaper in India. and prior to that he has worked as the political editor of ''

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''. He has worked with ''

India Today ''India Today'' is a weekly Indian English-language news magazine published by Living Media, Living Media India Limited. It is the most widely circulated magazine in India, with a readership of close to 8 million. In 2014, ''India Today'' laun ...

'', ''

The Hindu ''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It was founded as a weekly publication in 1878 by the Triplicane Six, becoming a daily in 1889. It is one of the India ...

'' and was the Washington Correspondent of '' The Financial Express''. Through his career, he has reported on the rise and fall of the

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Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

, India's Sri Lanka venture in 1987,

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in the

Siachen Glacier The Siachen Glacier is a glacier located in the eastern Karakoram range of the Himalayas, just northeast of the point NJ9842 where the Line of Control between India and Pakistan ends in northeastern Kashmir. At long, it is the longest glaci ...

, India–Pakistan crises of 1987, 1990, 1999, 2002 and 2008–2009, on Sino-Indian relations and the growing ties between India and the United States and covered several general elections. He remained a member of India's

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's advisory board, 2004–2006 In July 2011 he was appointed by the Government of India's

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to be a member of a high level National Task Force chaired by former Cabinet Secretary

Naresh Chandra Naresh Chandra (1 August 1934 – 9 July 2017) was a 1956 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of the Rajasthan cadre who served as the Cabinet Secretary of India, Defence Secretary of India, Home Secretary of India, Water Resources Se ...

. The 14-member task force was asked to examine India's security system and suggest ways of plugging the gaps, if any, and recommend reforms to make the system more efficient.

Bibliography

*''Combating Terrorism in Punjab: Indian Democracy in Crisis''. Research Institute for the Study of Conflict and Terrorism, 1993 *''Lost Rebellion, Kashmir in the Nineties''. New Delhi, Penguin, 1999 *''Kashmir 1947–1965: A Story Retold''. New Delhi, India Research Press, 2008 *''Understanding the India–China Border: The Enduring Threat of War in High Himalaya''. London, C Hurst, 2022

References

External links

Blog by Manoj Joshi
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joshi, Manoj Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Writers about the Kashmir conflict Indian male journalists Indian political writers Jawaharlal Nehru University alumni Place of birth missing (living people) St. Stephen's College, Delhi alumni Delhi University alumni University of Lucknow alumni