Archive data: Person was Research Fellow at IDSA from September 2007 to December 2018
P V Ramana was Research Fellow at IDSA. A student of South Asian studies, he works on the Naxalite-Maoist movement in India. He was awarded MPhil in 1996, and PhD in 1999 by Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the editor of a book entitled The Naxal Challenge (2008), and author of the book Understanding India’s Maoists: Select Documents (2014). He has contributed papers in national and international journals and periodicals, chapters in edited books and articles in newspapers and popular websites. He has published a commissioned paper entitled “Red Storm Rising: India’s intractable Maoist insurgency” in the authoritative Jane’s Intelligence Review, London.
Dr. Ramana is on the guest faculty of ITBP Academy, Mussorrie, BSF Academy, Tekanpur, Internal Security Academy, Mount Abu, and CRPF Academy, Kadarpur. He has made presentations at Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff, New Delhi, Army War College, Mhow, National Police Academy, Hyderabad, and Andhra Pradesh Police Academy, Hyderabad.
In June 2010 and March 2011, he designed and conducted an orientation programme for officers of the Delhi Police and NCR region at the invitation of the Police Commissioner, Delhi. In May 2010, he conducted a similar programme for IPS officers of the Gujarat cadre at the invitation of DGP, Gujarat. During 2012-13, he conducted orientation programmes for senior police officers of Karnataka, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Assam, at the request of the Ministry of Home Affairs. In 2005, he was consulted by the All India Congress Committee (AICC)-appointed “Task Force on Naxalite Violence” in the preparation of its report.
Research Fellow
E-mail: palepuramana[at]gmail[dot]com
Phone: +91 11 2671 7983 Extn, 7119
