Manpreet Sethi

Manpreet Sethi, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi, 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 & disarmament. She is author/co-author/editor of nine books and over 130 papers. Sethi lectures at National Defence College and other establishments of Indian Armed Forces, Police, Foreign Services, and Universities. She is 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 Board Member, Missile Dialogue Initiative, IISS. She is a recipient of the K Subrahmanyam award (2014) and Commendations by Chief of Air Staff (2020) and Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command (2022). She is a member of the International Group of Eminent Persons selected by the Prime Minister of Japan to explore possibilities of nuclear elimination.