Maroof Raza
Author
T.V.Anchor
Public Speaker
Defense Analyst
Biography
Maroof Raza is a commentator on global, military and security issues. He is regularly invited to address gatherings of corporate leaders and academic institutions. In recent years he has given 'talks' on a range of issues at the invitation of FICCI and CII, as also by Goldman Sachs (India), Citibank, Deloitte, YPOs, YI-CII and at the Civil Services Academy, Mussoorie at the National Defence College, New Delhi, at events organised by SpeakIn, OSB and at certain Lit-Fests.
His talks range from the threats of terrorism to India and the Kashmir issue to what India should do to become a great power. He has also spoken at prestigious institutions in the US, UK and in the Gulf countries. Currently, a Consulting editor (for strategic affairs) for the Times television network, Maroof appears regularly on Times Television Network's TV channels- Times Now & Times Now World, ET Now, Mirror Now and has hosted the award-winning documentary show on India's armed forces 'Line of Duty' that is still in India's Limca Book of Records
Biography
Maroof Raza is a commentator on global, military and security issues. He is regularly invited to address gatherings of corporate leaders and academic institutions. In recent years he has given 'talks' on a range of issues at the invitation of FICCI and CII, as also by Goldman Sachs (India), Citibank, Deloitte, YPOs, YI-CII and at the Civil Services Academy, Mussoorie at the National Defence College, New Delhi, at events organised by SpeakIn, OSB and at certain Lit-Fests.
A former Indian army officer, educated in India and in England, his talks range from leadership lessons from the army to the threats of terrorism to India, the Kashmir issue, to what India should do to become a great power. He has also spoken at prestigious institutions in the US, UK and in the Gulf countries. Currently, a Consulting editor (for strategic affairs) for the Times television network, Maroof appears regularly on Times Television Network's TV channels- Times Now & Times Now World, ET Now, Mirror Now and has hosted the award-winning documentary show on India's armed forces 'Line of Duty' that is still in India's Limca Book of Records.
His popular weekend TV show on world affairs, 'Latitude' has completed 300 episodes on Times Now. He had earlier anchored another TV show on ET Now, in 2018, titled 'India Risk Report'. And he is currently hosting the highly watched tv show 'Tales of Valour' which is aired on weekends on Times Now and Mirror Now. Maroof Raza is as a former Indian army infantry officer, who has served in counter-insurgency operations and as an instructor at the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. And he has topped it up with two Masters degrees in the UK. One in War Studies, at King's College, London and the other in International Relations at Cambridge University.
His publications include a compilation on 'Çonfronting Terrorism' (published by Penguin books) and more recently "Kashmir's untold story: Declassified" (published by Bloomsbury in 2019). He is also the publisher of SALUTE, a monthly magazine. His writing have appeared in leading Indian newspapers and magazines. His forthcoming book is on Sino-Indian boundary disputes
Television Shows hosted
by
Maroof Raza
Most of these under mentioned Television can be viewed on the internet/you-tube
Contact
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