Vaishali Basu Sharma is a consultant with the Policy Perspectives Foundation. She has previously worked as assistant director and consultant with the National Security Council Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi, where she handled the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) and regional security desks.
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