Logo

K. Subrahmanyam (b. 1929) M.Sc. (Chemistry), Madras niversity, 1950. Joined Indian Administrative Service (Tamil Nadu cadre), 1951. Deputy Secretary, Ministry of Defence, 1962-65. Director (Planning and Coordination), Department of Defence Production, 1965-66. Rockefeller Fellow in Strategic Studies, London School of Economics, 1966-67. Director, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, 1968-75. Home Secretary, Tamil Nadu, 1976-77. Chairman, Joint Intelligence Committee and Additional Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat, 1977-79. Secretary (Defence Production), Ministry of Defence, 1979-80. Director, Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, 1980-87. Jawaharlal nehru Visiting Professor, St. John's College, Cambridge, Uk, 1987-88. Nehru Fellow, 188-90. Consulting Editor, Business and Political Observer, 1990-92. Consluting Editor, the Economic Times, 1992-94. Consluting Editor, The Times of India and The Economic Times, 1994-2004. Member, UN Secretary-General's expert group on the Indian Ocean, 1974. Member, UN intergovernmental exper group on Disarmament and Development, 1980-82. Chairman, UN study group on Nuclear Deterrence, 1986. Convenor, National Security Advisory Board. Chairman, Kargil Review Panel. Chairman, Committee on National Defence University. Member, Pugwash Movement. Co-author and editor of fourteen books, including: The Liberation Was (1972), nucleaer Myths and Realities (1980), Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean (1989).