Dinakar Peri

Dinakar Peri is Defense Correspondent at The Hindu newspaper, actively covering defense and strategic affairs for one of India’s leading national dailies. Prior to journalism, he was an Associate Fellow at the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), an autonomous think tank of the Indian Army and on special projects with the Centre for Joint Warfare Studies (CENJOWS). He holds two degrees, an MBA in Business Sustainability and an MSc in Biotechnology. He has been a biology researcher and worked at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad and the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai.