Course Scholars

Rashmi Ramesh

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 Education, Manipal. Previously she had interned at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA) and the United Services Institution of India (USI), both based in New Delhi. Her research interests include maritime security, Indian Ocean affairs, Geopolitics and climate change in the Arctic, and India's foreign policy.


GP Commentaries
EUROPE: HEATWAVES, WILDFIRES, DROUGHTS, AND ICE MELT IN ALPS
Ice Melt in Alps in Europe: Three impacts

November 2022 | CWA # 839

Rashmi Ramesh

NIAS Maritime Studies
Building Ocean Governance from Below: Role of The Indigenous Communities

May 2022 | CWA # 735

Rashmi Ramesh

The World This Year
Abraham Accords: Rethinking Diplomacy and Restructuring Priorities in the Middle East

December 2020 | CWA # 399

Rashmi Ramesh

US and the Middle East
Trump legacy leaves negligible space for any policy changes

December 2020 | CWA # 384

Rashmi Ramesh

Global Protest Movements
Climate Change Protests: Now moving out of the COVID-19 shadow

October 2020 | CWA # 366

Rashmi Ramesh

GLOBAL PROTEST MOVEMENTS
#FridaysforFuture: The global protests against Climate Change

September 2020 | CWA # 343

Rashmi Ramesh

United against COVID-19
Will COVID-19 provide a new agenda to the NAM?

May 2020 | CWA # 281

Rashmi Ramesh

The NIAS Arctic Series

March 2020 | CWA # 250

Rashmi Ramesh

The NIAS Arctic Series
Iceland, Denmark and Norway: Small is Big in the Arctic

March 2020 | CWA # 249

Rashmi Ramesh

India and the US
Trump's India Visit: Optics, Substance and Rhetoric

February 2020 | CWA # 234

Rashmi Ramesh

Strategic Forecast 2020
Addressing Climate Change: Calamities, Risks and Protests in 2020

February 2020 | CWA # 229

Rashmi Ramesh

The World This Year
Climate Change in 2019: Active Civil Society, Hesitant State

December 2019 | CWA # 193

Rashmi Ramesh

The NIAS Arctic Series
The Arctic Littorals: Iceland and Greenland

November 2019 | CWA # 185

Rashmi Ramesh

Europe

November 2019 | CWA # 179

Rashmi Ramesh

The UN Climate Action Summit 2019
Climate Change: Four Actors, No Action

October 2019 | CWA # 169

Lakshman Chakravarthy N & Rashmi Ramesh

Climate Change

September 2019 | CWA # 161

Rashmi Ramesh

GP Insights
Saudi Arabia: Resumption of diplomatic ties with Iran

March 2023 | GP Insights # 693
Rashmi Ramesh

Iraq-Al-Sadr Withdraws, Protests Intensify

September 2022 | GP Insights # 656
Rashmi Ramesh

The Glasgow Compromise on Coal: Phasing down, instead of phasing out

November 2021 | GP Insights # 593
Rashmi Ramesh

COP26: Focus on Deforestation, Methane, and Coal

November 2021 | GP Insights # 591
Rashmi Ramesh

Lebanon: a new government after 13 months

September 2021 | GP Insights # 571
Rashmi Ramesh

Lebanon: Appointment of a new PM raises hope for a revival of the economy

August 2021 | GP Insights # 558
Rashmi Ramesh

The Arctic Council ministerial meeting: Adopting the Strategic Plan 2021-30

May 2021 | GP Insights # 521
Rashmi Ramesh

Iran: The new US offer to restart a dialogue

February 2021 | GP Insights # 472
Rashmi Ramesh

The Middle East: Trump's latest move to designate the Houthis as 'Foreign Terrorists'

January 2021 | GP Insights # 459
Rashmi Ramesh

The US in the Middle East: A week of hectic engagements over Israel, Syria, Iran, Qatar and Iraq

November 2020 | GP Insights # 442
Rashmi Ramesh

Other Scholars

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Acsah H is currently and intern at NIAS. She is pursuing postgraduate studies at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations at Manipal Institute of Social Studies, Humanities and Arts, MAHE, Manipal, Udupi. Her research interests include Outer-space governance and regulation.

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.

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.

Akshath Kaimal is a Research Associate with NIAS Area Studies-Pakistan, and is a postgraduate in International Studies and International Humanitarian Action

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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.

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.

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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...

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. 

Manikranth Chakravarthula is a doctoral student at the Conflict Resolution and Peace Research Programme, School of Conflict and Security Studies, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bengaluru.

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. 

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.

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...

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Priyanka Makhijani 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.

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.  

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,...

Sreemaya Nair 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 Gender Studies, India and its neighbourhood, and Public Administration.

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