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| Birth name | Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar |
| Born | 2 March 1951 |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Service |  Indian Navy |
| Years of service | 1970–2007 |
| Rank | Commodore |
| Alma mater | Sainik School, Korukonda, Andhra Pradesh |
| Spouse(s) | Ira Bhaskar |
| Children | 2; |
| Other work | Security and strategic affairs analyst |
Commodore Chitrapu Uday Bhaskar is a retired military officer who served in the Indian Navy. He is an expert and outspoken critics on security and strategic affairs.[1][2][3][4]
Commodore Bhaskar is currently the Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS), an independent think-tank based in New Delhi, India. He has the rare distinction of being the head of three think tanks during his career - the earlier two being the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the National Maritime Foundation (NMF).
He is a columnist, editor, and contributor of numerous research-articles on nuclear and international security issues to reputed journals in India and abroad. He is also a life member of the United Service Institution (USI) of India.[1][3] His daughter, Swara Bhasker is a Hindi film actress.[5]
- ^ a b "C.Uday Bhaskar - Designation: Senior Fellow". maritimeindia.org. Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
Commodore (retd) C Uday Bhaskar, former Film Director IDSA, New Delhi retired from the Indian Navy in early 2006 after 37 years service.
- ^ "Cmdr. Uday Bhaskar - Former Deputy Director, IDSA". ipcs.org. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
He is one of India's leading experts on strategic affairs. He regularly writes columns for some of the country's leading English publications such as The Indian Express.
- ^ a b "C. Uday Bhaskar - New Delhi, India". fairobserver.com. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
Commodore C Uday Bhaskar, is currently Senior Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi, where he served as Director from 2009 - 2011.
- ^ "Brussels Forum - Speaker's Biographies 2011 - C. Uday Bhaskar, Director, National Maritime Foundation, India". brussels.gmfus.org. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.
Commodore C. Uday Bhaskar is currently the director of the National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi. He retired from the Indian Navy in 2007 after 37 years of service. He is concurrently a contributing editor to South Asia Monitor and a Reuters columnist.
- ^ "Swara Bhasker on being an outsider in Bollywood: There is a certain credibility that comes with it". India Today. 23 August 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.