Mr. Maroof Raza

Mentor, Security Watch India
Author & Media Commentator

Mr Raza is currently the Mentor of Security Watch India, the knowledge partner for Securing Asia. He is well known across India for his frequent television appearances on matters related to security. Currently, he is the Strategic Affairs editorial advisor for Times Now, a leading English language television channel. As a commentator on national security issues, he has written editorials for all the leading newspapers of India, and has lectured extensively in India and abroad on India’s security concerns. He has authored several articles, essays and books.

A former Indian army officer, he graduated from St Stephen’s College, Delhi and his postgraduate qualifications include an MA in War Studies from King’s College, London and MPhil in International Relations from Cambridge University. In 1994, he was awarded the Times of India Fellowship, and he has held Visiting Fellowships at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi, at the Henry L Stimson Centre, Washington and at the War Studies Department of King’s College, London. Between 1998 and 2007, Maroof was a Visiting Professor at Middlesex University and its Regional Director (for South Asia).