Amit Ahuja is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Devesh Kapur is Starr Foundation South Asia Studies Professor at the Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Yashovardhan Azad (IPS) was former Secretary, Security, Cabinet Secretariat, Special Director Intelligence Bureau, Government of India.

Anubha Bhonsle is a journalist and founder of a new media storytelling platform, Newsworthy and was formerly the Executive Editor at CNN- IBN.

Saikat Datta is a journalist, author, and public policy specialist.

Sahana Ghosh is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore.

Nirvikar Jassal is an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Government at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Beatrice Jauregui is an Associate Professor, Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto.

Arjun Jayadev is Professor of Economics at Azim Premji University.

Akshay Mangla is an Associate Professor, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

Paaritosh Nath is an Assistant Professor at the School of Policy and Governance, Azim Premji University.

Hanif Qureshi is the Commissioner of Police, Panchkula, Haryana.

Srinath Raghavan is Professor of International Relations and History, Ashoka University.

Nirvikar Singh is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Center for Analytical Finance, University of California-Santa Cruz.

Sushant Singh is a Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi. He is a former army officer and was the Deputy Editor of The Indian Express.

Shakti Sinha (IAS) was former director of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library.

Paul Staniland is an Associate Professor of Political Science and faculty chair of the Committee on International Relations, University of Chicago.

Raeesa Vakil is a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Asian Legal Studies at the National University of Singapore.

"India's internal security is a subject of such immediate political and social relevance that it is not often the subject of rigorous academic study. That gap has been filled by this volume edited by Amit Ahuja and Devesh Kapur, two scholars with outstanding credentials, covering the institutional, doctrinal, organizational, and other aspects of this contentious subject. The volume thus takes an integrated view of India's internal security. Its strength lies in its reliance on data, the coherence of its arguments, and the reliance on academic disciplines honed in other contexts. All in all, a significant book on an important subject that will become ever more relevant as the pace of change in India accelerates in years to come." -- Shivshankar Menon, Former National Security Advisor and Foreign Secretary, Government of India

"The carefully researched essays in this book document the decline in many measures of internal violence in India but also disturbing changes in the use of force by the state. It should be read by any person interested in India today." -- Stephen Peter Rosen, Harvard College Professor and Beton Michael Kaneb Professor of National Security and Military Affairs, Harvard University

"This is an extraordinarily good volume, bringing together experts on all aspects of India's internal security: from its expanding private security businesses, to its overstretched police forces, to the complex structures through which India's political, military, and intelligence leaders respond to internal security challenges. This volume goes far beyond description, to analyze the larger strategies behind these responses, and the ways in which India's internal security state affects Indian democracy, federalism, and the rights of all its citizens. Indispensable." -- Steven Wilkinson, Professor of Political Science, Yale University