Brahma Chellaney is Professor of Strategic Studies at the New Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research, an independent, privately funded think-tank. Until recently, he was also a Member of the Policy Advisory Group headed by the External Affairs Minister of India.

Professor Chellaney is widely regarded as one of India's leading strategic thinkers and analysts and a well-known television commentator on international affairs. Stanley Weiss in the International Herald Tribune, for example, called him "one of India's top strategic thinkers." He is very well known as a commentator on regional and international issues in the field of strategic affairs, including non-traditional issues like water security, energy security and climate security.

He is one of the authors of India's nuclear doctrine and its first strategic defense review. Those contributions came when Professor Chellaney was an adviser to India's National Security Council until January 2000, serving as convenor of the External Security Group of the National Security Advisory Board, as well as member of the Board's Nuclear Doctrine Group.

Professor Chellaney holds a Ph.D. in arms control. A specialist on international security and arms control issues, Professor Chellaney has held appointments at the Harvard University, the Brookings Institution, the Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies and the Australian National University. His specialization includes resource security, terrorism and nuclear issues.

He is also a newspaper columnist and television commentator. He writes opinion articles for the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, The Japan Times, The Times of India, The Asian Age and The Hindustan Times. In 1985, he won the Overseas Press Club of America's Citation for Excellence. Professor Chellaney was a potential contender for the post of India's National Security Advisor, had an opposition-led coalition come to power in India's nationwide elections held during April-May 2009. He remains active, however, in Track I and Track II dialogues.

Some Recent Articles Posted by him are as follows;

• November 15, 2010, Live Mint, “Controlling technology flows”
• September 6, 2010, Joong Ang Daily, “Economics isn’t everything ”
• August 24, 2010, Centre for Policy Research, “Nuking Rights :It’s a no-risk, all-profit biz for four firms ”
• August 19, 2010, The Hindu, “ Nuclear deal: Elusive benefits, tangible costs ”
• August 15, 2010, Live Mint, “The wages of the nuclear deal ”
• July 6, 2010, The Washington Times, “China's latest export innovation? ”