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Rajbala Rana

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Archive data: Person was Research Analyst at MP-IDSA till March 2022
Ms. Rajbala Rana was a Research Analyst in the  Internal Security Centre at MP-IDSA. She holds a Master’s degree in Defence and  Strategic Studies from Punjabi University, Patiala and also qualified the UGC-NET  & JRF. Her broader research interests include issues related to national security,  internal security, Maoist insurgency, and demographic challenges. She was  associated with the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and Ministry  of Home Affairs (MHA) on projects related to demographic disaster and mainstreaming of apprehended Maoist cadres.
Prior to joining MP-IDSA, Ms. Rana had teaching stints  at Government College, Chandigarh; Department of Distance Education, Punjabi  University and Government Mohindra College, Patiala. She also has  a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) degree and a Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management.
Her publications include:
Internal Security: A Psychological Approach by Major General Sanjay Bhide, Book Review, ournal of Defence Studies, Vol. 15, No. 2, April-June 2021.
“COVID-19: Impact on Left Wing Extremism in India”, MP-IDSA Comment, April 28, 2020.
“Naxalite  Violence and India’s Security: Linkages”, in  Sanjay Kumar and Anurag Jaiswal (eds.), Threats to India’s Internal Security: Issues and Challenges, Mohit Publications, New Delhi, 2014.
“How the new government must tackle the Maoist threat?”, rediff.com, June 2014 (co-authored with Dr. P.V.  Ramana).
“Naxalite  Movement and the State Response: An Appraisal”, Scholar’s Voice: A New Way  of Thinking, Centre for Defence Sciences (Research & Development), Allahabad, 3  (1), January-June 2013.
“Naxalite  Movement: A Socio-Economic Perspective”, Third Concept, 306, August  2012.
“Naxalite  Movement and Salwa Judum: An Appraisal”, Suraksha Chintan, Advanced  Research Institute for Defence and Security Studies, Meerut, 4  (4), January 2012.
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CPI (Maoist) and the MMC Zone

The recent neutralisation of hardcore Maoists, including one of its top leaders, in Gadchiroli District serves as a major setback for CPI (Maoist)’s expansion in the Maharashtra–Madhya Pradesh–Chhattisgarh tri-junction region. A judicious mix of security and developmental interventions would go a long way in tackling Maoist threat.

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Internal Security: A Psychological Approach by Major General Sanjay Bhide

In the larger national strategic discourse, identifying and prioritising the internal security issues and challenges is very crucial. India has been grappling with multiple ‘identity-centric’ and ‘grievance-driven’ challenges that have impacted its security and national fabric for more than seven decades now. While there is no gainsaying that the country has been largely successful in managing these conflicts well below the threshold levels, a durable peace—a prerequisite for national security and development—is as elusive as ever in most of these conflicts.

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