Chirayu Thakkar

Chirayu Thakkar is the founding CEO of Centre for Strategic Affairs, a New Delhi-based boutique think tank. Previously, he was assistant private secretary to the vice president of India and a visiting fellow with the Stimson Center in Washington, D.C. He holds a Ph.D. in international relations, jointly awarded by the National University of Singapore and King’s College London. Apart from On China, he is the editor of India and the UN at 80 (with Harsh V. Pant).