Dr. S K Vasudeva is working as Principal Scientific Adviser Fellow and Scientific Consultant (Defence Technologies) in the Office of Principal Scientific Adviser to Govt of India (PSA). During his nearly 43-year stint at DRDO he served at the Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL), Chandigarh and participated in POKHRAN 1 and POKHRAN 2 (Shakti 98) explosions. He has received several Awards for his achievements in the field of design and development of armament systems including ‘Path Breaking Research Award’ (1999), Scientist of the Year’ award (2002) and Lifetime Achievement Award from the Prime Minister in 2014. As an expert in the field of explosive technology, he has contributed to several Research Publications and has three Patents to his credit.
Brig Arun Sahgal, PhD was member of the Task Force on Net Assessment and Simulation, under the NSC, and a consultant with DRDO. He is currently Director Forum for Strategic Initiatives a policy think tank focusing on national security, diplomacy and Track II Dialogues. He was Senior Fellow at the Delhi Policy Group, Head the Centre for Strategic Studies and Simulation, United Services Institution of India, and Senior Fellow at the Mohan Parrikar, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He was previously the founding Director of the Office of Net Assessment, Indian Integrated Defence Staff (IDS), Ministry of Defence.
