Group Captain R Srinivasan VSM (Retd) served in Indian Air Force for 33 years and retired in 2018. He holds an MSW, LLB and PG Diploma in International Humanitarian Law. He was awarded PhD by Pondicherry University in Political Sociology. He is currently an Independent Researcher and Editor-in-Chief of Electronic Journal of Social and Strategic studies.
He is an internationally published and SCOPUS indexed author with 14 Book Chapters and an equal number of Conference Papers on Governance, Regionalism, Political Economy, and Human Rights. He is also a Senior Fellow in Defense Research and Studies (DRaS) which is a Think Tank on strategic affairs. He regularly writes articles and papers on strategic affairs for DRaS, Chennai Centre for China Studies and Kalinga International Foundation.
He was conferred Visisht Seva Medal (VSM) for his distinguished services of a high order to the country by Honorable President of India in 2012.
