Group Captain Ashish Kumar Gupta was commissioned with the Indian Air Force as an Aeronautical Engineer (Electronics) in September 1991, after graduating in Computer Engineering. He received his Masters in Technology degree in Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi and is also an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He joined the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) in January 2014 as a Senior Fellow. At CAPS, his research area is 'Cyber Warfare: Implications for National Security'. He has contributed articles in various journals of national and international repute. He avidly and closely follows the developments taking place in the cyber realm.