BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS

Manpreet Sethi, APLN Senior Research Adviser and Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, has recently been appointed to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ Science and Security Board, the main entity responsible for setting the Doomsday Clock and serves as the Bulletin’s editorial advisory board.

Sethi is a Senior Research Advisor at the Asia Pacific Leadership Network. Since receiving her doctorate in 1997, she has worked on nuclear energy, strategy, missile defense, arms control, nuclear risk reduction, and disarmament.  

Over 130 papers have been written, and nine books authored, co-authored, or edited by Sethi. She lectures at the National Defence College and other establishments of the Indian Armed Forces, Police, Foreign Services, and universities.  

Sethi serves as co-chair of the Working Group on Reducing Pathways to Nuclear Use at Harvard University’s Belfer Center, and she is co-chair of Women in Nuclear–India. She is a board member of the Missile Dialogue Initiative, IISS and the recipient of the K Subrahmanyam Award (2014), Commendation by Chief of Air Staff (2020), and Commendation by Commander-in-Chief, Strategic Forces Command (2022). She is a member of the International Group of Eminent Persons selected by Japan’s Prime Minister to explore possibilities of nuclear elimination. 

 “Manpreet possesses a profound understanding of the nuclear threats we face, as well as a powerful passion for reducing them,” said Daniel Holz, the chair of the SASB. “Her expertise and analytical approach will further strengthen the Science and Security Board’s collective authority on existential threats.” 

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