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Maroof Raza

Maroof Raza (born 1959) is a retired Indian Army officer with experience in counter-insurgency operations.

Education

He graduated from St Stephen's College, Delhi, has an M.A. in War Studies from King's College, London, and an M.Phil in International Relations from Cambridge University.

Career

In 1994, he was awarded the Times of India Fellowship, and has held Visiting Fellowships at the Centre for Policy Research, Delhi, at the Henry L. Stimson Centre, Washington and at the War Studies Department of King's College, London.[1] Between 1998 and 2007, He was a visiting professor at Middlesex University and its Regional Director (for South Asia). He continues to lecture extensively in India and abroad on ‘India's Security Concerns. His articles are published regularly in leading newspaper of India. He is a consultant and strategic affairs expert on Times Now.[2] Apart from his appearances on news debates, he publishes and writes for Salute magazine[3] And has anchored and presented a 20 part series on the Indian armed forces, titled Line of Duty.[4] An episode from this series, on the Siachen Glacier won an Award in the military documentary section at the Film Festival in Rome in 2005. This TV series has entered the Limca Book of Records as India's first military reality show. He is also the anchor of a strategic affairs show called Latitude and India Risk Report for the same channel.[1]

Maroof Raza is the Mentor of Security Watch India. He has appeared on almost all of India's leading television channels as an expert on military and security matters and on BBC's World Service radio programmes. He is currently the Strategic Affairs Editorial Adviser to Times Now. He is also the Editor-at-Large of FAUJI INDIA Magazine. Maroof also did a guest role in 2014 Bollywood film Holiday: A Soldier Is Never Off Duty.[5]

Maroof Raza also acts as the Board of Adviser – Strategic Risk and Global Geo-Political Expert with IIRIS Consulting.[6] He comes armed with more than 20 years of experience as a mentor, anchor, correspondent, lecturer, writer and a commentator on issues of National Security and Strategic Affairs. His in-depth knowledge, experience, and his association with leading TV channels including TIMES NOW, NDTV, BBC & more makes him one of the most sought after speakers internationally on the subjects of National and International Risk and Security Affairs.

He has authored two books: Low-Intensity Conflicts: The new dimension to India’s military commitments and Wars and no Peace over Kashmir. He has edited a book titled Generals and Governments in India and Pakistan. As the General Editor of Military Affairs series of Har Anand Publications, since 2001, he has edited twelve volumes. Most recently, he has edited a book on Indian terrorism challenges titled Confronting Terrorism (Penguin Books, India).

References

  1. ^ a b "Maroof Raza". Maroof Raza. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Times Now censured for not revealing defence analyst's business interests". Indian Express. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  3. ^ Salute India
  4. ^ "The stigma attached to the arms business must go away: Maroof Raza | Business Standard News". Business-standard.com. 3 January 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  5. ^ "Seven reasons why 'Holiday — A Soldier Is Never Off Duty' is a must-watch – Times of India". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
  6. ^ "IIRIS Team". IIRIS Consulting. p. https://iirisconsulting.com/team/. Retrieved 7 December 2018 – via (By IIRIS Consulting https://iirisconsulting.com/team). {{cite web}}: External link in |via= (help)
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