Neeraj Singh Manhas is a Director, Indo-Pacific, at Raisina House, New Delhi. Currently, he is a Doctoral Scholar in International Relations at Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India. He has previously completed his M.Phil. in Political Science. At present, he is visiting fellow at Anand Law College, Gujarat, and a fellow at Global Policy, Diplomacy, and Sustainability (GPODS) Fellowship programme. He has authored three books under his name and has various research interests covering India-China in the Indian Ocean, India's maritime securities, and Indo-Pacific studies. He writes blogs on current issues at Wordpress.com. He has participated in various National and International seminars and conferences, presented and published over a hundred papers.