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NRI Subrata Ghoshroy

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NRI, Subrata Ghoshroy
Senior Associate, MTA's Strategic Security Project

NRI, Mr. Subrata Ghoshroy was a Senior Research Associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He holds the same position at the Federation of American Scientists in Washington, D.C. Mr. Ghoshroy’s areas of interest include the weaponization of space and nuclear weapons in South Asia.

Until his arrival at the Belfer Center, Mr. Ghoshroy was a Senior Defense Analyst at the U.S. General Accounting Office, which he joined in 1998. Mr. Ghoshroy’s primary responsibility has been to provide independent technical advice to GAO staff and managers on GAO evaluation of weapons systems that employ sophisticated technology. In this capacity, Mr. Ghoshroy has contributed among others to reviews of National Missile Defense, Airborne Laser, Land Warrior, and Joint Tactical Radio. He was the technical leader in GAO’s review of the allegations of fraud in a missile defense test. Mr. Ghoshroy did original analysis that led to the finding that a cooling system problem in the infrared sensor on the interceptor missile resulted in very poor data quality.

From 1997–1998, Mr. Ghoshroy was a Professional Staff Member of the House Armed Services Committee. He was responsible for the Science and Technology programs in the RDT&E account. He was additionally responsible for the Department of Energy defense programs.

In 1996, Mr. Ghoshroy served as a Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow with the House International Relations Committee. He was awarded the Fellowship by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. His responsibilities included non-proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons; arms control, land mines ban, and ballistic missile defense.

Before moving to the policy and legislative world, Mr. Ghoshroy worked for 20 years as an engineer. From 1984–1996, he was with Textron Defense Systems in Everett and Wilmington, Massachusetts. From 1984–1990, he was a Member of the Senior Technical Staff at Avco Research Laboratory, a division of Textron. From 1990–1996, Mr. Ghoshroy was a program manager for high-energy laser programs. He was credited with the development of a prototype laser for a satellite-based laser radar system for global atmospheric research. The laser operated for a number of years at the Air Force Maui Optical Station in Maui, Hawaii, for space research.

In his early professional career, Mr. Ghoshroy worked at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory in Princeton, New Jersey, where he developed pulsed energy conversion systems for the Tokamak fusion test reactor. He spent also two years at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. His contribution at Brookhaven was the development of a new beam extraction system for the AGS proton accelerator.

He has written numerous technical reports and authored or coauthored several scientific papers. He has also written about science policy and arms control in South Asia. Mr. Ghoshroy holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering and an M.S. degree in Public Policy. He is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He is married and has one son.