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'''Amitav Mallik''' is an Indian [[Defense technology|defence technologist]] and the founder director of the [[Laser Science and Technology Centre|Laser Science and Technology Center]], [[Defence Research and Development Organization]] (DRDO), India,<ref name="LASTEC">{{cite web |url=http://www.unipune.ac.in/snc/school_of_energy_studies/NC2E/dcs-tcc-13-data_files/national-advisory-committee.htm |title= 1st National Conference on Energy & Environment (NC2E-2014), 'Energy And Environment Security Through Cutting Edge Technology', National Advisory Committee |publisher=School of Energy Studies & Department of Environmental Science, University of Pune |date=2014 |access-date=22 January 2015 }}</ref> known for his expertise in the defence system design and development.<ref name="Aprameya">{{cite web |url=http://www.aprameyaassociates.com/aboutus-advisors-Mallik.php |title=Profile, Advisory Board: Mr. Amitav Mallik |work=Aprameya Associates | date=19 December 2004 |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122070740/http://www.aprameyaassociates.com/aboutus-advisors-Mallik.php |archive-date=22 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is an advisor to the [[National Security Advisory Board]] of India<ref name="LASTEC" /><ref name="DRDO">{{cite web |url=http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/dsforum1/lecturesframe.htm |title=Lectures Organised |publisher=Defence Science Forum, [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] |work=2015 |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303225352/http://drdo.gov.in/drdo/dsforum1/lecturesframe.htm |archive-date=3 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and a former advisor of Defence Technology at the Embassy of India in Washington DC.<ref name="Aprameya" /> Author of a book on defence technology, ''Technology and Security in the 21st Century: A Demand-side Perspective'',<ref name="Technology and Security in the 21st Century: A Demand-side Perspective">{{cite book |url=http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=3 |title=Technology and Security in the 21st Century: A Demand-side Perspective |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |author=Amitav Mallik |year=2004 |pages=168 |isbn=978-0-19-927176-4 |access-date=22 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405143048/http://books.sipri.org/product_info?c_product_id=3 |archive-date=5 April 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and more than 50 technical papers and over 100 classified analysis documents on defence technology, Mallik was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2002, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]], the [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards Directory (1954-2013), Year-Wise List |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

== Books ==
*{{cite book|title=Technology and Security in the 21st Century: A Demand-side Perspective |first1=Amitav |last1=Mallik |date=2004 |isbn=978-0199271764 |publisher=Oxford University Press }}
*{{cite book|title=Indian Science and Technology |first1=Amitav |last1=Mallik |date=2006 |asin=B002QVT52A |publisher=Observer Research Foundation }}
*{{cite book|title=Renewable Energy Technologies: Special Focus on Distributed Power Generation: Potential for Applications to Rural Sector in India |first1=Amitav |last1=Mallik |first2=Nitant |last2=Mate |first3=Devayani |last3=Bhave |date=2009 |isbn=978-8171886647 |publisher=Academic Foundation }}
*{{cite book|title=Space Security: Need for Global Convergence |editor1-first=Arvind |editor1-last=Gupta |editor2-first=Amitav |editor2-last=Mallik |editor3-first=Ajey |editor3-last=Lele |date=2012 |isbn=978-8182746053 |publisher=Pentagon Press }}
*{{cite book|title=High Power Lasers-Directed Energy Weapons: Impact on Defence and Security |first1=Amitav |last1=Mallik |date=2012 |isbn=978-8186514368 |publisher=Defence Research and Development Organisation }}
*{{cite book|title=Role of Technology in International Affairs |first1=Amitav |last1=Mallik |date=2016 |isbn=978-8182748811 |publisher=Pentagon Press }}

==See also==

* [[National Security Council (India)|National Security Advisory Board]]
* [[Defence Research and Development Organisation|Defence Research and Development Organization]]

==References==
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==External links==

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