N C Bipindra

N. C. Bipindra, Research Fellow at DRaS, has been a journalist for over 20 years specialising on military affairs, aerospace and defence economics, diplomacy, national security and strategic affairs. He is the editor of Defence.Capital magazine and has previously worked at the Times of India, New Indian Express, Press Trust of India and Bloomberg News. Lawyer by profession, practices as an advocate in the Delhi-based Courts and Tribunals, the Delhi High Court and the Supreme Court of India. He is also the Chairman of New Delhi-based think-tanks 'Law and Society Alliance' and 'Indian Strategic Interests Foundation' that work on matters such as human rights, legislation, international laws, legal reforms, education reforms, self-reliance and 'Make in India' in the aerospace and defence sectors, and national security and strategic affairs. He is also the Managing Trustee of the New Delhi-based 'Centre for South Indian Studies' that focuses on research on social, cultural, linguistic, economic and political aspects of the six southern Indian states and union territories.