Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma

Dr. Raj Kumar Sharma is Senior Research Fellow at NatStrat & holds a doctorate from Russian and Central Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Earlier, he was Maharishi Kanad Post-Doc Fellow at Delhi School of Transnational Affairs, University of Delhi. His Post-Doc Fellowship research paper, ‘Afghanistan Factor in India-Russia Relationship’ has been published by India Quarterly Journal in its G20 Special Edition, December 2023.

Dr. Sharma has also worked at the Faculty of Political Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University, United Service Institution of India and Press Trust of India. He has almost 90 publications including books; SCOPUS-indexed articles, UGC Care Listed articles, occasional papers, online commentaries and newspaper op-eds.

He has written articles for Indian newspapers including The Hindu, Indian Express, Financial Express and Business Standard. Dr Sharma has also written for Nikkei Asian Review, Japan. He is a member of the India-Central Asia Foundation and the United Service Institution of India and regularly participates in national and international conferences.