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N.S. Sisodia is Director of the Institute for Defence Studies and analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, and a member of the National Security Advisory oard. He holds an Honour's degree in History from University of Delhi and a Master's degree in Public Policy and Management from Harvard University, where he was a Mason Fellow. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1968 and served as Additional Secretary, National Security Council Secretariat and Secretary to Government of India in the Ministries of Finance and Defence. He was a member of the Task Force constituted to recommend measures for Reforming the Management of Defence. He has also been Vice-Chancellor, University of Udaipur.

Sujit Dutta is Senior Fellow with the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi. He has been a member of the India-China Eminent Persons' Groups set up by the two governments in 2001 for high level Track Two dialogue. He was Senior Fellow at the United States Institute for Peace, Washington DC, in 1997-98. He specialises in India-China relations, Chinese foreign and security policies, state and politics in 20th century China, Asian security issues, and international relations theory.