Madhav Das Nalapat

Who is Madhav Das Nalapat?

Madhav Das Nalapat holds the UNESCO Peace Chair and is Director of the Geopolitics and International Relations Department at Manipal University, an international private university headquartered in Southern India. The former Coordinating Editor of the Times of India, Prof. Nalapat writes extensively on security, policy and international affairs, and is a columnist for the Sunday Guardian and the Pakistan Observer. Nalapat has no formal role in the Indian government, although he influences policy at the highest levels. Before joining the Times of India in 1989, Nalapat was Editor of the Mathrubhumi, a Malayalam-language newspaper that had a daily circulation in excess of 500,000 when he left. Previous to becoming the editor in 1984, Nalapat had been Editorial Director of the Mathrubhumi Group of publications, and previous to that, Executive Director of the newspaper company. He continued on the Board of Directors throughout his tenure in the company. He is also the foreign affairs expert of Organiser, the in-house publication / newspaper of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

He was born to K. Madhava Das and the renowned writer Kamala Surayya. He is married to Princess Lakshmi Bayi of the Travancore Royal House.