Course Scholars
Avishka Ashok
Avishka Ashok is a Research Associate with the Science, Technology and International Relations (STIR) Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the STIR Programme, she is currently coordinating the activities of the China Reader Area Studies Initiative. Under the initiative, she works on the China Reader Evening Brief. She also coordinates the Weekly Publication ‘The World This Week.” Her activities also include assisting in the handling of the BRICS Young Scientist Forum along with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Her research focuses on China and East Asia. She looks into China growing relevance and role in the international order. She has also worked on gender and indigenous issues; covering issues such as the abortion ban in Argentina, the violation of indigenous rights in Australia and the Pope’s apology to Canadian indigenous population.
She has completed her Masters in International Studies and History from Christ (Deemed to be University), Bangalore and holds a bachelors degree in Political Science from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.
GP Commentaries
2023: The World This Year
China: A complicated economic recovery
January 2023 | CWA # 905
Avishka Ashok
The World This Week
Chinese Foreign Minister's visit to Africa
January 2023 | CWA # 895
Avishka Ashok
GP Insights
China's 14th National People’s Congress: Focus on economic recovery and party reforms
March 2023 | GP Insights # 695
Avishka Ashok
China: Australian leaders' visit reflects a thaw in bilateral relations
December 2022 | GP Insights # 689
Avishka Ashok
China: President Xi's visit to Saudi Arabia hints at Beijing's pivot to the Middle East
December 2022 | GP Insights # 685
Avishka Ashok
Other Scholars
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...
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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...
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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...
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Apoorva Sudhakar is a Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include ethnic conflicts, civil-military relations and political developments in Africa. Apoorva has completed her Masters degree in...
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Abigail Miriam Fernandez Research Associate at the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies. Her areas of interest include peace and conflict in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Central Asia, and the Caucasus. As a part of her research focus at 'Pakistan Reader'...
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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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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...
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Anu Maria Joseph is a Research Assistant 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, she looks into internal politics, external relations,...
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Sethuraman Nadarajan is a Research Assistant with the Science, Technology, and International Relations (STIR) Programme in the School of Conflict and Security Studies at the National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore. In the STIR Programme, he is currently coordinating the activities of the...
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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...
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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...
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