Dr Samir Saran is President of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi, India. He curates the Raisina Dialogue, India’s annual flagship platform on geopolitics and geo-economics, and is the founder of CyFy, India’s annual conference on cybersecurity and internet governance. He spearheads the foundation’s efforts to foster new international partnerships and incubate young leaders’ networks and youth led conversations globally. His research focuses on issues of global governance, climate change and energy policy, technology and media, and India’s foreign policy.

Dr Saran is a member of the Regional Action Group of the World Economic Forum (WEF), a part of WEF’s Global Future Council on Geopolitics; and has served as a Commissioner of The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace. He is a also member of the Board of Directors at ORF America, and serves on the board of Microsoft’s Digital Peace Now Initiative. 

Dr Saran has authored four books, edited important journals and publications and written several academic papers and book chapters. He is featured regularly in Indian and international print and broadcast media. His latest publications include ‘The New World Disorder’ and ‘The Indian Imperative’ with Shashi Tharoor and ‘Pax Sinica: Implications for the Indian Dawn’ with Akhil Deo.