Satvik Pendyala

An Asia security researcher specializing in South Asia, China, and the maritime Indo-Pacific, Satvik Pendyala will also serve in ISAIL’s Strategic Affairs Committee. With intermediate fluency in Mandarin Chinese, beginner fluency in Hindi, and native fluency in Telugu, he combines strong qualitative skills in history and risk analysis with quantitative expertise from a physics background. Satvik has assisted companies in navigating regulatory changes in SPECTRUM management and space situational awareness, and conducted research on Chinese energy policy. Skilled in quantitative analysis, report writing, and geopolitical forecasting, his contributions will strengthen ISAIL’s strategic focus on AI’s role in global security and policy.