Lakshmi Parimala H

Lakshmi Parimala H is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She is currently pursuing her postgraduation in the Department of International Studies, at Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is currently working on The Indian Neighbourhood Reader. Her area of interest...

Oishee Majumdar

She can be contacted at oisheemajumdar@gmail.com

TG Laasya

TG Laasya is pursuing an undergraduate degree in International Relations, Peace Studies, and Public Policy at St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include global politics and emerging geopolitical trends, with a particular interest in the Global South and India’s...

Masoomi Santosh Nevgi

Masoomi Santosh Nevgi is currently pursuing an undergraduate degree at the Department of International Relations, Peace Studies and Public Policy, St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include the following: European Studies, with a focus on regional integration, middle power...

Kumari Gargi

Kumari Gargi is pursuing an undergraduate degree at the Department of International Relations, Peace Studies, and Public Policy, St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include the following: Pakistan in the Indian Neighbourhood; Space; Ccean and Arctic; AI; China as a rising...

A Varshini

A.Varshini is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Political Science at Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore.

Sreeja JS

Ms Sreeja is a Research Intern at NIAS, Bangalore. She is currently a postgraduate scholar at Madras Christian College, Chennai. Her areas of interest include EU-China relations, challenges in EU integration and emerging technologies. She is currently working on an issue brief on Germany and China's...

Vijay Maidergi

He can be reached at vijay.maidergi@gmail.com.

Harini Sha P

She can be contacted at harinisha.vaish@gmail.com 

Aarathi Srinivasan

She can be contacted at arrit33@gmail.com

Abhimanyu Solanki

Abhimanyu Solanki is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru, and is part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team, contributing to the PR Daily Brief. He is also a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) and PhD scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University...

Aparna A Nair

Aparna A Nair is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai. Her research interests lie in East Asia (China), the Arctic Region, Planetary Governance and Gender Studies.

Immaculine Joy Paul

Immaculine Joy Paul is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She is currently a postgraduate scholar in the Department of Political Sciences at Madras Christian College, Chennai. She is currently working on The Indian Neighbourhood Reader and Africa Weekly. Her area...

Puspen Karmakar

Puspen is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in South Asian Studies at the School of Social Sciences and International Studies, Pondicherry University. His research interests include South Asian geopolitics, energy security, maritime trade and India's strategic and foreign policy interests...

Samriddhi Sharma

Samriddhi Sharma is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Political Science, Economics and Sociology at Mount Carmel College (Autonomous), Bengaluru. Her research interests include strategic and military affairs with a focus on India–China strategic competition, security dynamics in South Asia,...

Vani Vyshnavi Jupudi

Vani Vyshnavi Jupudi holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bannerghatta Road Campus, Bengaluru. She is a Research Intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), where she is part of the Pakistan Reader team and contributes analytical...

Swati Sood

Swati Sood is an undergraduate student in Political Science at the University of Delhi. Her areas of interest include China, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East, with a focus on critical and emerging technologies, regional security, defence modernisation, and ethnic conflicts. She also has a keen interest...

Vaihali Chittrothu

Vaihali Chittrothu  is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science, St. Ann's College For Women. Her research interests include China, US-Japan, US- Taiwan, Artificial Intelligence, and bilateral economic relations

Brighty Ann Sarah

Brighty Ann Sarah is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) under the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The Conflict Weekly and The World Today, and part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team.   She...

Preetha Renganarayanan

R. Preetha is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) - Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme. She serves as an Assistant Editor for The World This Week and The World Today, and is also part of the NIAS Pakistan Reader team. She is currently...

Aishal Hab Yousuf

Aishal Hab Yousuf is currently pursuing post-graduation at the Department of International Studies, Stella Maris College, Chennai. She is currently an intern at NIAS.

Lekshmi MK

Lekshmi MK is a Research Assistant at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), working with the Area Studies-Pakistan Programme and the NIAS Polar and Ocean Studies initiative. She also serves as an Assistant Editor for The World Today and The World This Week. Her research interests include...

Rizwana Banu S

Rizwana Banu S is an undergraduate student at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College. Her research interests include China, BRI and Ocean governance. 

Sreya KH

Sreya KH is pursuing a postgraduate degree in Political Science from the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College. Her research interests include the following: India and its Neighbourhood, Geopolitics of small island states, Climate Change, Maritime trade corridor, Critical Minerals,...

Yashika M

Yashika M is pursuing an undergraduate degree in Political Science at Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore. Her interests are in world history, contemporary global affairs, and understanding different countries and researching their political and cultural contexts, with a particular...

Navneel Talukdar

Navneel Talukdar is a student pursuing  an undergraduate degree in Public Policy, Political Science, and Media Studies at the Department of Economics and Public Policy, at Mount Carmel (Deemed to be) University, Bengaluru.  Her research interests include the following: Southeast Asian Geopolitics:...

Nithin V

Nithin V is a postgraduate student in international relations at Loyola College, Chennai. He is currently an intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru.

Radhika M Agarwal

Radhika M Agarwal is currently an intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies and is a postgraduate student in the department of Politics and International Relations at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar.  

Madhura Meenakshi Tanikella

Madhura Meenakshi Tanikella is an an intern at NIAS. She is also an undergraduate student at the School of Liberal Arts, Alliance University, pursuing a bachelor's in Political Science and Economics. Her interests lie in conflict studies, foreign policy, and international relations. 

Siddhi Halyur

Siddhi Halyur is an undergraduate student at St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru, pursuing a degree in International Relations, Public Policy, and Journalism.  Her academic interests span several areas of global politics and policy: China–Latin America relations; Afghanistan's political,...

Ezekiel Paul

Ezekiel Paul is currently pursuing a postgraduate degree in Public Policy and International Relations at Kristu Jayanti University, Bengaluru. His research interest focuses on the effectiveness of the United Nations in conflict resolution, examining why international peace efforts succeed in some...

Sunidhi Sampige

Sunidhi Sampige is an intern and is a postgraduate student in MA Diplomacy, Law and Business at the Jindal School of International Affairs, OP Jindal Global University, Sonipat

Glynnis Winona B

Glynnis Winona B is currently pursuing her under graduation at the Department of International Relations, Peace Studies and Public Policy, St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru. Her research interests include: Global Energy Trade in the Persian Gulf; Maritime Security in Southeast Asia; Internal...

Delna Rajesh

Delna Rajesh is a postgraduate student at the Department of Political Science, Madras Christian College, Chennai. Her research interests include East Asian geopolitics (China and Japan), Maritime Security and India-China relations.

Deb Dutta

Deb Dutta is a Political Science graduate from the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education. Currently he is an intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. His research interests include US-China and India-China relations, offensive realism in modern geopolitics,...

Avaneesh S

Avaneesh S is an intern at NIAS. Currently, he is pursuing post gradaute studies at Pondicherry University. His research interests include South Asian geopolitics & Security studies, Conflict & Counterterrorism studies and Energy Transition in Asia.

Dhivya KM

Dhivya KM is an intern at NIAS and is also a postgraduate student from the Department of Financial Economics, Madras School of Economics, Chennai.

Urja R Kudalkar

Urja R Kudalkar is a postgraduate student at the Department of Public policy, School of Social Science, Ramaiah University of Applied Science. She is currently a research intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru.

Namrata L Ghanghatkar

Namrata L Ghanghatkar is a postgraduate student at the Department of Public Policy, Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, RUAS, Bengaluru. She is currently a research intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru. 

Adwaith Sankar

Adwaith Sankar is a final-year undergraduate student pursuing Political Science and International Liberal Studies through the NUS-Waseda Double Degree Programme. He is currently a research intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru.

Aarav Bhaskar

Aarav Bhaskar is a student at the American Embassy School, New Delhi. He is currently a research intern at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bengaluru.

Padmashree Anandhan

Padmashree Anandhan is currently a project associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research for the NIAS Europe Studies under the Area Studies initiative focuses on protest movements, conflicts, energy, economic, migration...

Rohini Reenum

Ms Rohini Reenum is a Doctoral Student at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest in terms of research are Maritime Security, Ocean Governance, International Relations Theory,...