Colonel (Dr) Amitabh Hoskote

Leverage qualifications to contribute to the shaping and delivery of quality core research, committed to developing constructs in strategy, policy, and implementation.

Passionate researcher, Military & Political archaeologist, with decade and half of research experience in Conflict and Security, Doctrines and Policies, with Specialised research in Ethnic Violence, Peace and Conflict Studies, New-age Threats, Role of Armed Forces in Post-conflict Transition, Democratic Accommodation, and International Relations under Nuclear overhang in Indian subcontinent. Senior Fellow & Faculty, PhD Supervisor, Centre for Land Warfare Studies-Manipal Academy of Higher Education (CLAWS- MAHE) PhD Programme. Senior Army officers under PhD Guideship. Subject Matter Expert at Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS). Colonel from the Indian Army with over 31 years of experience in security and defence oriented issues, defence management, training and logistics, crises management, planning and execution, logistics across vast geographic spreads, human resource and synergy issues in varied terrain and operational scenarios. Leading troops in Combat, Operational orientation, Equipment management, induction, and Trials. Operational Training and motivation of large bodies of troops under operational duress, Discipline, Administration and Vigilance in Counter Insurgency and Combat Operations. Financial Planning and implementation, responsibility for Legal issues, Liaison with civil authorities/ paramilitary forces for Joint Operations, functioning in multi-cultural and multi-national environments. Possess finely honed project management skills, handled complex projects with budgets of over INR 100 million. Think tank experience with leading think tanks in India. Highly organized and collaborative team-researcher skilled in formulating practical analogues for complex theoretical constructs. Work well independently and as a team member. Excellent communication skills.

• Creation of Robust Policy Structures & Systems to Harness Information Domain & Media for Effective Information Warfare Strategy, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, New Delhi, Delhi, India
• Nation-building: A Case for Armed Forces in Post-conflict Peacebuilding, Institute for Defence Studies and Analysis, New Delhi, Delhi, India
• Democratizing State and Overcoming Trust Deficit in Kashmir, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
• Non Traditional Security Threats to India: 2022, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, Delhi, India
• Energising the Resurgent India – A Study on Small and Medium Enterprise Sector in India, Mumbai University, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Non Fiction (Military History, Space & Cosmos, International Political/ Economic Affairs, History)
• Fiction (Contemporary Spy and Investigative Thrillers)
• Long distance running
• Basketball
• Football
• Sailing
• Mountaineering
• White Water Rafting

• Contextual Internal Security Paradigms- Chaoplexic Creep and Manifestation of Unlimited Operational Art by New-Age Terror Networks, Internal Security: Political, Social and Economic Perspectives, 03/01/25, 978-93-6009-980-0
• Credence of Electoral Processes – Restoring Trust from Legacy of Deficit in Kashmir, European Consortium for Political Research General Conference, University College Dublin, 08/12/24
• Deafening Silence of Forced Singlehood – Liminal Lens Applied to Half-Widowhood, 3rd International Singles Studies Conference, Boston, MA, 07/05/24
• Legacy Assessment of Mandela and Gandhi’s Weltanschauung on Anti-Colonial Struggles and National Identities, Africa at Crossroads: Society, Security and Geopolitics, 03/01/24, 9789360094515
• Chip War – The Fight for the World’s most Critical Technology, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, Scholar Warrior, Autumn 2023
• Intersectionality of Contemporary Statecraft— Attaining Geopolitical Coherence through the Prism of Kautilyan Rajamandalas, Centre for Land Warfare Studies, Scholar Warrior, Spring 2023
• Gandhian Perspective on State & Conflict Resolution – Revisiting Indian Democracy, Individual, Society and State: Understanding the Gandhian Perspective, 12/01/22, 9789391377496
• Nation-building: A Case for Armed Forces in Post-conflict Peacebuilding, Journal of Defence Studies (Special Issue), 07/01/22

• Citizenship: India
• Number of Children: 1
• Date of Birth: 09/20/71
• Marital Status: Married