Samir Saran is Senior Fellow and Vice President, Development & Outreach, at Observer Research Foundation. An Electrical Engineer by profession, he has a Masters in Media Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science. Some of his publications and projects cover issues concerning representation of Islam and radicalism; politics of climate change; and, the implications of the emergence of BRIC. Saran coordinates the BRIC Track II and think-tank initiatives for the Government of India within ORF.