Policy Planning & Research Division,
Ministry of External Affairs,
Government of India
Raghuram S IFS
Joint Secretary
Paramjeet Singh IFS
Under Secretary
Shivani Jhirwal IFS
Under Secretary
Board of Trustees of CPPR
D Dhanuraj PhD
Chairman
Antony Dawson Dsilva PhD
Trustee
Rosemary K Abraham IES, PhD
Hon. Trustee
Jubin M Jose
Hon. Trustee &
Principal Advisor (Strategy & Fundraising)
Saritha Varma
Hon. Trustee & Principal Advisor
(Human Resources Management)
Lakshmi Ramamurthy
Hon. Trustee
(Data analytics & Corporate Management)
Nissy Solomon
Hon. Trustee (Research & Programs)
Kochi Dialogue Advisory Group
P K Hormis Tharakan IPS (Retd)
Former Chief of R&AW
Amb Venu Rajamony
Former Ambassador
of India to Netherlands
Mr C Balagopal IAS (Former)
Chairman,
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation
Vice Admiral M P Muralidharan (Retd)
Former Director General,
Indian Coast Guard
Aneish Rajan IRS
Prof Abraham K C
Formerly Professor of Political Science,
S.H. College, Thevara
Dr Madhu P Pillai
Expert from Oil &
Energy industry, Saudi Arabia
Alex Thomas
MD, Tierra Foods,
Tierra Food India Pvt Ltd
Dr Shakila Shamsu
Formerly OSD (New Education Policy),
Ministry of Education, Govt of India
Thomas K V
Formerly with Ministry
of Home Affairs, Govt of India
Prof R P Pradhan
Professor, BITS Pilani,
KK Birla Goa Campus
Adv. Jithin Paul
Advocate,
Hig Court of Kerala
Manoj Mathew
Consultant, Strategies
& Partnerships
Kochi Dialogue Programme Team
Programme Director & Host
D Dhanuraj PhD
Chairman
Programme Core Team
Lakshmi Ramamurthy
Hon.Trustee, CPPR
Nissy Solomon
Hon.Trustee, CPPR
J Paul Zachariah
Programme Officer (Chairman’s Office)
CPPR
Naomy Diana Johanan
HR Consultant, CPPR
Raju T Mathews
Chief Accounts Officer
Anu Maria Francis
Senior Associate (Research & Projects)
CPPR
Programme Coordinators
Jishnu Ravindran
Associate, Strategic Relations& Business
Development, CPPR
Elizabeth Sunil
Associate Fellow
for Kochi Dialogue
April Suzanna Varkey
Senior Associate,
Strategic Communications, CPPR
Programme Team
Binumol V B
Admin Associate
Sreelakshmi Harilal
Associate, Research &
Projects (Chairman's Office)
Gazi Hassan
Research Scholar
(International Relations)
Nanditta Chibber
Consultant,
Media & Communications
Silas Sunny
Associate,
Communications
Sreelakshmi Sreeramachandran
Program Associate
(Chairman's Office)
Bhadra Anil
Program Assistant
Aleena T Sabu
Research Associate
Junior Programme Assistants
Anna Roy Chemmanam
Ansa Roy
Jeevan Joseph