Position Paper – National Security Preparedness in the Age of Pandemics and Disasters: Recommendations from PDNS 2021

The authors wish to thank Dr. Vijay Kelkar, Vice President, Pune International Centre, Lt Gen Vinayak Patankar (Retd), Convenor, PDNS 2021, and Mr. KM Singh, Vice President, Policy Perspectives Foundation (PPF), for their valuable support and feedback in writing this paper. We are also grateful to all the distinguished speakers at the conference who shared rich insights, including Mr. Ajit Doval, National Security Adviser, Government of India, and Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO.