Pintu Kumar Mahla is a Research Scholar at the Department of National Security Studies, Central University of Jammu. He is a post-graduate in Political Science, from the University of Rajasthan, and got graduated in Social Science from Sardar Patel University of Police and Security. His areas of research include International Relations, India’s National Security & Foreign Policy, Hydro-politics in the Trans-Himalayan Region and India’s Maritime Security, Terrorism and Counterterrorism etc.