Welcome to Professor M. V. Ramana

The Liu Institute for Global Issues is pleased to welcome a new faculty member to our community,
Professor M. V. Ramana.
M. V. Ramana is Simons Chair in Disarmament, Global and Human Security at the Liu Institute for Global Issues. He will be teaching in the Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs program. Professor Ramana has focused his research in the broad areas of international security and energy supply, with an emphasis on topics related to nuclear energy and fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear weapons. He combines technical skills and interdisciplinary methods to address policy relevant questions related to security and energy issues.
Professor Ramana is the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India (2012). He obtained his Ph.D. from Boston University and his M.Sc from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, both in Physics. Professor Ramana joins us from Princeton University, where he was at the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the Program on Science and Global Security, Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs.
Please find his full bio on our Liu Institute website and connect with him at m.v.ramana@ubc.ca.