Founder, Honorary Director, Council for Strategic and Defence Research (CSDR); Associate Professor, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Dr Happymon Jacob is an Associate Professor of Diplomacy and Disarmament at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). He is also the Founder & Honorary Director of the Council for Strategic and Defense Research (CSDR), a Delhi-based think tank that aims to bridge the academic and policy world of security & international affairs. Happymon is an elected member of the Pugwash Council since 2013. He is the author of Line on Fire: Ceasefire Violations and India-Pakistan Escalation Dynamics (Oxford University Press, 2019), and Line of Control: Traveling with the Indian and Pakistani Armies (Penguin Viking 2018), and a columnist with The Hindu newspaper.