Bio
Ram Madhav is an Indian social leader, author and thinker and President of India Foundation. In over a decade of India Foundation’s existence, Dr Madhav has been the curator of major annual global and national multilateral initiatives involving heads of nations and leaders of governments besides academics, scholars and public spirited individuals. Most recently, Dr Madhav has been instrumental in ideating the Religion-20 Forum (R20) as part of the G20. Previously, Dr Madhav has served as the National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during 2014-20.
A renowned author and thinker, Dr Madhav has authored several books in English and Telugu that include “The Indian Reality” ; “Partitioned Freedom”; “The Hindutva Paradigm – Integral Humanism and the Quest for a Non-Western Worldview” ; “Because India Comes First: Reflections on Nationalism, Identity and Culture” and “Uneasy Neighbours: India and China after 50 years of the War”.