Vishwarup Mukherjee
Independent Researcher and Aspiring Author, Political Science and Interdisciplinary Fields, and Founder & CEO in India
Vishwarup Mukherjee is a young Entrepreneur, Researcher and Author specialising in Conflict Studies, Asian Security Affairs & India-West Relations. He is distinguished as a supercurricular practitioner with a sustained engagement in public life, ideas, and the education sector.
He primarily serves as the Founder and CEO of Ancorrae Group, an entity acting as a multi-domain corporation that further empowers numerous initiatives, ranging from NPOs to profit-making bodies developing solutions in fields like Tech, Media, Consulting, Education, Defense, and so on. Ancorrae Group is currently in its development stage and is expected to become fully operational in due course.
His work focuses on conflict and political violence, regional security dynamics, strategic competition and the development of India's relations with the United States, Europe and other Western partners. His general fields of interest encompass geopolitics, diplomacy, foreign policy and new power dynamics in Asia.
Furthering his work, Vishwarup serves as the Founder and CEO of Calvern House, leading a network of more than 35 researchers and associates engaged directly and indirectly with the organisation. He oversees 30 specialised thematic centres, each focused on a distinct area of research and engagement, and chairs the Initiatives Wing, which develops a range of research, public-interest initiatives. He also provides oversight to the organisation’s Creative Wing, including its visual arts and modelling unit, contributing to the development of its broader creative and intellectual output. Current initiatives of Calvern House includes Centres of Calvern House, Sagarsandhi Dialogue, BRICS+ India Futures Forum (BRICS+ IFF), North-Atlantic Council for Geostrategic Affairs (NACFGA), The Asean Dialogue (TAD), INDUS Dialogue, and White Brick Forum (WBF).
Beyond formal research, he is actively engaged within civic and policy-oriented spheres. He volunteers with MyBharat and holds the designation of Change Maker on MyGov, contributing to deliberations concerning governance, youth participation, and contemporary public questions.