Dr Ajey Lele

Group Captain (Dr) Ajey Lele (Retd.) is the Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA). Earlier, he was a Senior Fellow at MP-IDSA and headed its Centre on Strategic Technologies. He started his professional career as an officer in the Indian Air Force in 1987. He has a Masters degree in Physics from Pune University, and Masters and MPhil degrees in Defence and Strategic Studies from Madras University. He has done his doctorate from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. His specific areas of research include issues related to Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), Space Security and Strategic Technologies. He has authored ten books and has also been an editor for seven books. He is a recipient of the K. Subrahmanyam Award (2013) which is conferred for outstanding contribution in the area of strategic and security studies.