Dr. Sandeep Tripathi is Founder and President of the Forum for Global Studies, India’s multidisciplinary think tank, headquartered in New Delhi. He is empaneled as consultant at Association of Mechanical Engineers of Kuzbass, Russia. A distinguished strategic thinker, Dr. Tripathi received his bachelor’s degree from Ewing Christian College and his master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Allahabad. He went on to complete his doctorate (PhD) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Tripathi specializes in India’s Foreign Policy; Russia, Energy Diplomacy, and Geopolitics of Technology. He has been a speaker/panelist at prestigious conferences including the IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science, Vladivostok, Russia, V USP BRICS Conference, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He has delivered Keynotes at leading Indian and foreign Universities including MNLU, IDSC, Philippines, Jai Hind College (University of Mumbai). He serves on the International Advisory board of Journal of TAFFD’s, USA. His latest Co-edited book titled ‘Technology, Energy, and Warfare in the Context of Evolving Geopolitics’ is under review (Palgrave Macmillan). He is frequently quoted and has appeared in various Indian and international media outlets including the Financial Express, BW Business World, The Economic Times, Sputnik News, I.A.F. Washington DC, European Security and Defense, Germany, ABP News, WION, TV9 Network, Zee News, News18, Times Now, and India Today.