Colonel K.C. Monnappa (Retd.) is Director, Disaster Management Division at the Centre for Internal Security Analysis. He is a former officer of the Indian Army with over three decades of experience in security, governance, and public administration. He holds postgraduate degrees in Social Work and Political Science and is currently pursuing a PhD at North-Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong. 

His research interests include ontological security, strategic autonomy, national security, indigenous knowledge systems, identity politics, and conflict studies. He is the author of Disaster Preparedness and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and professional forums on issues relating to security studies, governance, and the socio-political dynamics of India's Northeast. His work adopts an interdisciplinary approach, integrating perspectives from international relations, sociology, anthropology, and security studies.