Atul Kumar

Atul Kumar is a Fellow in Strategic Studies Programme at ORF. His research focuses on national security issues in Asia, China's expeditionary military capabilities, military diplomacy, and security and foreign policy.

Atul is also an Associate Member at the University of Sydney's China Studies Centre. He has worked with the Government of India and the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University. He has lectured and mentored military officers at Indian military institutions and taught international relations at Monash University and the University of Queensland.

Atul holds a PhD in China’s military studies from Monash University, Melbourne, and an MPhil and MA in international politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His work is widely published in peer-reviewed journals and newspapers.