Animesh Roul
Designation: Executive Director
Email: roul.animesh[AT]sspconline.org
Animesh Roul is involved with independent think tanks, media houses, and policy organizations in India and abroad. He holds a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) degree from the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has a master's degree in Modern Indian History and specialises in Counterterrorism, Armed conflict and issues relating to Arms Control and Proliferations in South Asia. Roul has contributed to edited volumes and has published in several leading web portals, newspapers, and scholarly journals. In his earlier stint he worked as a Research Associate at New Delhi based Institute for Conflict Management.
He is responsible for setting research agenda, commissioning and overall management of website publications, coordinating with SSPC network of Scholars/journalists, fundraising and overall promotion of SSPC research activities.
Paper/Talks at International Conference/Roundtables
'Al Qaeda Associated Strategies Toward India', 5th Annual Terrorism Conference, Jamestown Foundation, Washington DC, Dec 08, 2011.
Attended OPCW Contribution to Security and Non-proliferation of Chemical Weapons Seminar and CWC Coalition meet held in the Hague April 11-13, 2011.
BioWeapons Monitor 2010: 10 December, UN Office in Geneva (room XXIII, Building E, Palais des Nations).
BW Monitor Workshop/BWC MX, UN Office in Geneva (Palais des Nations, Geneva), Aug 25-26, 2010.
“Australian Federal Police (AFP) Colloquium on Terror Finance in SouthEast Asia”, Canberra, May 20-21, 2010.
“Terror Finance Networks in South Asia”, Jamestown Foundation Annual Conference, Washington DC (USA), December 9-10, 2009.
“Terrorism Finance in South Asia: Trends and Issues”, Airey Neave Trust Conference, Defence Academy and University of Cranfield, Shrivenham (UK), November 26, 2009.
“Islamic Terrorism in India: Tanzeems, Tentacles and Networks”, Hans Siedel Stiftung, Munich (Germany), June 16, 2009.
“Transnational Islamic Movements in India”, RSIS/NBR Workshop, Singapore, June 24-25, 2008.
“Biosecurity in India,” 2nd International Forum on Biosecurity, Budapest (Hungary), March 30 – April 2, 2008.
