Ram Madhav

Ram Madhav is an Indian politician, social leader, author and thinker. Besides discharging his responsibilities as a political leader, Dr. Madhav is a Founding Member of the Governing Council of India Foundation (IF). In over a decade of India Foundation’s existence, Dr Madhav has been the curator of major global and national multilateral initiatives like Indian Ocean Conference and Counterterrorism Conference involving heads of nations and leaders of governments besides academics, scholars and public spirited individuals.

A renowned author and thinker, Dr Madhav has over 200 publications to his credit and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Nalanda University. He has authored several books in English and Telugu. Some of his most recent works include The Hindutva Paradigm - Integral Humanism and the Quest for a Non-Western Worldview; Because India Comes First: Reflections on Nationalism, Identity and Culture and Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after 50 years of the war. He is a regular contributor to platforms like The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times and OPEN Magazine amongst others. He had been the editor of Bharatiya Pragna, a monthly magazine in English published by Pragna Bharati, and associate editor of Jagriti, a Telugu weekly.

Widely regarded for his contributions in the field of strategic thinking, political philosophy, and India’s foreign policy, Dr Madhav has traveled widely and addressed forums like the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Raisina Dialogue in India, Halifax Security Forum in Canada, Sochi Eurasian Integration Forum in Russia, BRICS Political Forum in China, and the World Peace Conference in Thailand.