Kapil Patil is Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi and his research focuses on India’s nuclear and defense-related policies. Prior to joining VIF, he worked with the Indian Pugwash Society, New Delhi and co-authored a book titled, India’s Nuclear Energy Programme: Challenges, Prospects, and Public Concerns.

He is a recipient of 2018 Emerging Leaders Fellowship awarded by the Korean Ministry of Unification, and an alumnus of the Nuclear History Boot Camp (2011) organized by the Woodrow Wilson Centre, Washington DC. His research has featured in the peer-reviewed journals, as well as in current-affairs magazines such as Global Energy Monitor, Nautilus, The Diplomat, Swaraj, and CBW Magazine.