Bahukutumbi Raman is a former Additional Secretary (retired), Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India and former head of the counter-terrorism division of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). He is currently the director of the Institute of Tropical Studies, Chennai. B Raman is also a contributor to the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG). As a former intelligence official, B Raman regularly writes about security, counter-terrorism and military issues regarding India and South Asia.

Some Recent Articles Posted by him are as follows;

• September 3, 2010, Sri Lanka Guardian, “My Thoughts on the Maoist Hostage -Taking in Bihar ”
• August 17, 2010, ramanstrategicanalysis.blogspot,“PAKISTANI FLOODS: STRATEGIC INVISIBLES ”
• July 13, 2010, The Hindu, “Kampala Blasts: Indian Casualties? ”