Astha Panda
Astha Panda is a first-year Master's student at the Centre for South Asian Studies, Pondicherry University. She has a keen interest in the field of domestic politics of India, with a focus on governance, policy-making, and social movements.
Abhiruchi Chowdhury is a Research Assistant at the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS, Bangalore. He is the Assistant Editor of "The World This Week." He is also a part of the Pakistan Area Studies and is a member of the editorial team for Pakistan Reader. His areas of interest...
Akriti Sharma is a doctoral scholar at the Science, Technology and International Relations Programme, National Institute of Advanced Studies. She has completed her Bachelors in Political Science and Masters in Political Science from the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She is also the recipient of...
Ankit is a Ph.D. scholar at NIAS, his research interests lie South Asia, peace studies and oral history. His research topic is on political economy of external debt in Pakistan (1971-2021). Research activities In the STIR program, he is currently assisting in preparations of PR evening...
Research Associate, Area Studies-Africa Anu Maria Joseph is a Research Associate in School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. She holds masters in Political Science from Madras Christian College, Chennai. As part of NIAS Africa Studies,...
Aparupa Bhattacharjee is currently pursuing her PhD at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore. Her research is focussed on Southeast Asia, primarily Myanmar, Thailand, and Malaysia. In particular, she studies politics, conflicts...
Research Assistant, Area Studies-China, East Asia and the Pacific External Publications Femy Francis, "Pakistan elections: four provinces, mixed results, one message | Data," The Hindu, 29 February 2024 Femy Francis, "China’s ties with Africa | Explained,"...
Research Assistant, Area Studies-Europe Fleur Elizabeth Philip is a Research Assistant at NIAS Bangalore. She is associated with the NIAS Europe Studies and NIAS Polar and Ocean Governance Studies. Her research focuses on politics, economy, protests, EU, NATO operations in all of Europe and the Arctic...
Harini Madhusudan is a doctoral scholar with the School of Conflict and Security Studies, NIAS. Her thesis looks at Militarisation in Outer Space, which draws from a combination of disciplines of International Law, Security Studies, International Relations, and Outer Space as a domain. She is looking...
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...
Rashmi Ramesh is currently pursuing PhD at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Rashmi completed her BA in Economics, Political Science and Sociology from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore. She holds a Masters Degree in Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher...
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,...
Sourina Bej is a doctoral candidate in the Department of South Asian Studies at the University of Bonn. She has received the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung European International Cooperation (KAS-EIZ) scholarship for her doctoral study on climate migration, sustainability, and resilience among the rural...