Ram Madhav is an Indian politician, social leader, author and thinker. Dr Madhav is the President of India Foundation (IF), a New Delhi-based Think tank. In over a decade of India Foundation’s existence, Dr Madhav has been the curator of major annual global and national multilateral initiatives like the Indian Ocean Conference, the Dharma-Dhamma Conference, ASEAN-India Youth Summit and Counter Terrorism Conference involving heads of nations and leaders of governments besides academics, scholars and public spirited individuals. Most recently, Dr Madhav has been instrumental in ideating the Religion-20 Forum (R20) as part of the G20.

Previously, Dr Madhav has served as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during 2014-20 responsible for handling the political affairs of Jammu & Kashmir, Assam and other North-Eastern states of India.

A renowned author and thinker, Dr Madhav has authored several books in English and Telugu that include “The Indian Reality” ; “Partitioned Freedom”; “The Hindutva Paradigm – Integral Humanism and the Quest for a Non-Western Worldview” ; “Because India Comes First: Reflections on Nationalism, Identity and Culture” and “Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after 50 years of the war”. He is a regular contributor to platforms like The Indian Express, The Hindustan Times and OPEN Magazine amongst others. He had been the editor of Bharatiya Pragna, a monthly magazine in English published by Pragna Bharati, and associate editor of Jagriti, a Telugu weekly.

Widely regarded for his contributions in the field of strategic thinking, political philosophy and India’s foreign policy, Dr Madhav has travelled widely and addressed forums like the Valdai Discussion Club in Russia, R20 Forum in Indonesia, Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Halifax Security Forum in Canada, Sochi Eurasian Integration Forum in Russia, BRICS Political Forum in China, and the World Peace Conference in Thailand.

Personal introduction

Aseem Arun was born and brought up in Uttar Pradesh where his late father Shri Shriram Arun was an IPS officer. He studied at St. Stephens College, Delhi and joined the Indian Police Service in 1994. Later he also obtained M.A. (Public Policy) from the University of British Columbia, Canada. His mother Mrs. Shashi Arun was a well-known writer and social worker.

His wife Jyotsna is a renowned writer and radio host. They have two talented sons. His family comes from a simple background of village Khairnagar, Tirwa, Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh). Aseem’s entire family has always followed the values ​​of high moral, practical and expertise along with patriotism.

Professional Experience

Aseem Arun has had a multifaceted and highly successful career spanning almost three decades. He has successfully discharged the responsibility of police chief in Tehri Garhwal, Balrampur, Hathras, Siddharthnagar, Aligarh, Gorakhpur and Agra districts. His last posting was as Police Commissioner Kanpur.

Aseem had given IPS as the first option in the civil service examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission, which he also got.

Aseem became the first IPS officer to receive Black Cat Commando training from the National Security Guard (NSG) in 2004. He very successfully discharged the responsibilities of the Close Protection Team of the then Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.

While working in the United Nations Peacekeeping Force, he gained valuable experience of international security. As the head of the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), Uttar Pradesh, ISIS terrorist Saifullah was killed in Lucknow in March 2017, for which he was awarded the President’s Gallantry Medal.

For the modernization of the police control room in Uttar Pradesh, he developed Seva 100 in Aligarh, which he also expanded to Gorakhpur and Agra. Expanding this system, modern police control rooms were built in Lucknow, Kanpur Nagar, Prayagraj and Ghaziabad. He contributed to the planning of UP 112 emergency service and was the head of UP 112 in 2019-2021. During this period, a major task of controlling Covid-19 was done by UP 112.

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