Manpreet Sethi
Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi
Dr. Manpreet Sethi is Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi and heads its programme on nuclear issues. She is also Senior Research Advisor, Asia Pacific Leadership Network. Since receiving her doctorate in 1997, she has worked on nuclear energy, strategy, missile defence, arms control, nuclear risk reduction and disarmament. She is author/co-author/editor of nine books and over 130 papers. Sethi lectures at the National Defence College and other establishments of Indian armed forces, police, foreign services, and universities.
She is a member of the Science and Security Board, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists; Co-chair, Working Group on Reducing Pathways to Nuclear Use at Belfer Center, Harvard University; and Women in Nuclear–India. She is also a board member of the Missile Dialogue Initiative, IISS.
Dr. Sethi is also the recipient of the K. Subrahmanyam Award (2014), Commendation by Chief of Air Staff (2020) and Commendation by Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command (2022). She is a member of the International Group of Eminent Persons selected by the Japanese PM to explore possibilities of nuclear elimination.
