Rudra Chaudhuri is the director of Carnegie India. His research focuses on the diplomatic history of South Asia, contemporary security issues, and the important role of emerging technologies and digital public infrastructure in diplomacy, statecraft, and development. He and his team at Carnegie India chair and convene the Global Technology Summit, co-hosted with the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
He is the author of Forged in Crisis: India and the United States Since 1947 (published in the UK by Hurst in 2013 and in the United States and South Asia by Oxford University Press and Harper Collins, respectively, in 2014). He is the editor of War and Peace in Contemporary India (published in the UK by Routledge in 2022). His research has been published in scholarly journals such as The International History Review, Diplomacy & Statecraft, the Journal of Strategic Studies, International Affairs, RUSI Journal, India Review, and Defense Studies, along with other academic and policy-focused journals.
He has served as a lecturer and a senior lecturer at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London from 2009 to 2022 (on leave since 2018). In 2012, he established the UK Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office’s (FCDO) Diplomatic Academy for South Asia at King’s College London. He served as its founding director from 2013 to 2022. He previously taught at the UK Joint Services Command and Staff College. He holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London. In February 2024, he was nominated as a visiting senior research fellow at the Department of War Studies at King’s College London.
Rudra Chaudhuri was a panelist for a discussion titled "Emerging World Order, Global South and India’s Vision" at the IN-STEP International Strategic Engagement programme conducted by the Vivekananda International Foundation.
Rudra Chaudhuri was a panelist for a discussion titled, The New World Disorder & Lessons for India, at the India Today Conclave 2024.
Rudra Chaudhuri was a panelist for a discussion on the role of India in the Indo-Pacific.
This article examines India’s treatment of data and its relationship with sovereignty.
The special issue of the "India Review" examines the salience of the sovereignty principle with reference to India and its engagement with other states and entities in the international system.
Rudra Chaudhuri was a discussant for a discussion titled "The Risk of Conflict in Asia" at the "India in Asia" conference by Centre for Social and Economic Progress.
Rudra Chaudhuri moderated a discussion on the growing potential for collaboration in emerging technologies among the Quad countries.
With India set to host the sixth Quad Leaders' Summit in 2024, there is every opportunity for this minilateral to not only develop a DPI initiative but also execute pilots in the Indo-Pacific. This essay shares a rationale for how the four Quad countries could achieve this goal.
This working paper presents an alternative approach to DPI deployment: the “DPI as a packaged Solution” (DaaS) model. It is a new way to think about rolling out solutions that incorporate the DPI approach at scale and speed.
Rudra Chaudhuri co-authored a chapter with Shreyas Shende in a book titled "Institutional Roots of India's Security Policy" by Milan Vaishnav. The book aims to offer diverse perspectives on the administrative and operational aspects of India's foreign policy and security.
