Tilak Devasher
Author and Member, National Security Advisory Board, India
Tilak Devasher is the author of four widely acclaimed books on Pakistan: ‘Pakistan: Courting the Abyss’ (December 2016); ‘Pakistan: At the Helm’ (July 2018); ‘Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum’ (July 2019) and The Pashtuns: A Contested History (Sep 2022). He has also edited three books for the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) titled ‘Pakistan Insights 2019’, ‘Pakistan Insights 2020’ and ‘Pakistan Insights 2021-22’.
Tilak Devasher retired as Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of India in October 2014. He is Member, National Security Advisory Board (NSAB), Consultant, Vivekananda International Foundation, Emeritus Resource Faculty at Rashtriya Raksha University and Distinguished Fellow, United Services Institution of India.
During his professional career he served in Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi and overseas. He specializes in security issues, especially pertaining to India’s neighbourhood. Post retirement, he has continued to take a keen interest in such issues with special focus on Pakistan and Afghanistan.
