Pranay Kotasthane

Deputy Director and Chairs HTG Programme

Pranay Kotasthane is deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and chairs the High Tech Geopolitics Programme.

Pranay co-writes Anticipating the Unintended, a newsletter on public policy ideas and frameworks, and co-hosts Puliyabaazi, a popular Hindi-Urdu podcast on politics, policy, and technology. He is the co-author of three books - Missing in Action: Why Should You Care About Public Policy, When the Chips Are Down, and We, the Citizens. He has co-edited India’s Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World Order.

Before joining Takshashila, he had stints with two Fortune 500 companies working on integrated circuit design for mobile processors. Pranay tweets at @pranaykotas.

Areas of research

High Tech Geopolitics

Geoeconomics

Indo-Pacific

Recent publications

Juggernaut or Embers of a Dying Fire: China’s Technology Landscape and Its Implications for India

Geopolitics of Bengaluru's Yellow Metro Line

Environmental Cooperation: An Imperative for Subcontinental Thinking

Karnataka at the 16th Finance Commission: Concerns, Prospects, and a Way Forward

India’s Climb up the Innovation Ladder: Policy Enablers and Impediments

Takshashila Working Paper - The Techno-Economic Impact of the Israel-Hamas War

Book Chapter - Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective

Time to Launch the US-India Trade Relationship into Another Orbit

Think20 Policy Brief - The Case for a G20-Led Climate Change Relocation Insurance System

Takshashila Issue Brief - AI Race Must Not Overlook AI Hardware

Takshashila Working Paper - High-Technology Geopolitics in the Post-Pandemic World

Takshashila Issue Brief - The Rare Earth Elements Opportunity for India

Clingendael Report – Enhancing India–EU Engagement on ‘Meta-Critical’ Technologies: A Case for Collaboration on Semiconductors

An Open Tech Strategy for India

Book Chapter - Neither Guns nor Butter: The Inconvenient Truth of India’s Defence Financing

Takshashila Issue Brief - Killing of al-Zawahiri Raises More Questions than Provides Answers

Takshashila-Hudson Blue Paper - Restarting the Post-Pandemic Indian Economy

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft Battery Swapping Policy

Harnessing Trade Policy to Build India’s Semiconductor Industry

Complement to Succeed: A Case for India-Taiwan Collaboration on Semiconductors

Takshashila Issue Paper - The Semiconductor Question in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants in the Union Budget for FY 2022-23

India's Semiconductor Ecosystem: A SWOT Analysis

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Managed Reopening After Lockdown: Recommendations for State Governments

Siliconpolitik: The Case for a Quad Semiconductor Partnership

Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants (DFGs) in the Budget for FY 2021-22

IPPR Journal Article - A COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy for India

CLAWS Journal Article - Constraining the Pakistani Military-Jihadi Complex In a Post-COVID World

A COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy for India

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Supplementing State Policing Capacity for COVID-19 Duties

IPPR Journal Article - COVID-19 Warrants Long Overdue Doctrinal Shifts in Military Planning

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - National Security Preparedness & Planning for COVID-19

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - India in the Post COVID-19 World Order

Takshashila Discussion Document - China’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Covid World Order: An Assessment

Takshashila Strategic Assessment - The Economics and Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Response

Takshashila Discussion Document - A Human Capital Investment Model for India’s National Security System

Takshashila Discussion Document - India's External Intelligence Agency: Managing the Human Resources Challenge

Takshashila Working Paper - The Regressive Nature of Central Transfers for Health

Takshashila Working Paper - A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Public Health Expenditure in India

Takshashila Discussion Document - Deriving India's Strategies for a New World Order

Takshashila Working Paper - Differentiating Unintended Consequences from Unanticipated - A Policy Framework

Book Chapter - The Other Pakistan: Understanding the Military-Jihadi Complex

Takshashila Working Paper - A Framework to Model the India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation

Book Chapter - Individual Liberty vs Public Security in a Radically Networked Society

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - Analysing India Post-Uri Through a Conflict Escalation Framework

EPW Journal Article - Karnataka’s Changing Fiscal Landscape after FFC

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Quality of Service Based Differential Pricing for Data Services

Takshashila Discussion Document - Sustained Dialogue Process as India’s Pakistan Policy: An assessment

Takshashila Policy Brief - A Global Climate Change Relocation Insurance Framework

Takshashila Discussion Document - The looming United States pivot towards containing China’s influence

Takshashila Discussion Document - The India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation Framework

Takshashila Working Paper - ICT Governance Agenda For BRICS: An Eightfold Path

Takshashila Discussion Document - The Eightfold Path to Nuclear Fuel Supply Security

Takshashila Strategic Assessment - Risks to India’s national security from tensions along the Iran-Pakistan border

Takshashila Discussion Document - Resolving the Indo-Bangladesh Maritime Dispute

The Geopolitics of Critical Minerals

HTG

Critical Minerals

Geopolitics

China

Recent publications

Juggernaut or Embers of a Dying Fire: China’s Technology Landscape and Its Implications for India

Geopolitics of Bengaluru's Yellow Metro Line

Environmental Cooperation: An Imperative for Subcontinental Thinking

Karnataka at the 16th Finance Commission: Concerns, Prospects, and a Way Forward

India’s Climb up the Innovation Ladder: Policy Enablers and Impediments

Takshashila Working Paper - The Techno-Economic Impact of the Israel-Hamas War

Book Chapter - Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective

Time to Launch the US-India Trade Relationship into Another Orbit

Think20 Policy Brief - The Case for a G20-Led Climate Change Relocation Insurance System

Takshashila Issue Brief - AI Race Must Not Overlook AI Hardware

Takshashila Working Paper - High-Technology Geopolitics in the Post-Pandemic World

Takshashila Issue Brief - The Rare Earth Elements Opportunity for India

Clingendael Report – Enhancing India–EU Engagement on ‘Meta-Critical’ Technologies: A Case for Collaboration on Semiconductors

Clingendael Report – Enhancing India–EU Engagement on ‘Meta-Critical’ Technologies: A Case for Collaboration on Semiconductors

An Open Tech Strategy for India

Book Chapter - Neither Guns nor Butter: The Inconvenient Truth of India’s Defence Financing

Book Chapter - Neither Guns nor Butter: The Inconvenient Truth of India’s Defence Financing

Takshashila Issue Brief - Killing of al-Zawahiri Raises More Questions than Provides Answers

Takshashila-Hudson Blue Paper - Restarting the Post-Pandemic Indian Economy

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft Battery Swapping Policy

Harnessing Trade Policy to Build India’s Semiconductor Industry

Harnessing Trade Policy to Build India’s Semiconductor Industry

Complement to Succeed: A Case for India-Taiwan Collaboration on Semiconductors

Takshashila Issue Paper - The Semiconductor Question in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants in the Union Budget for FY 2022-23

India's Semiconductor Ecosystem: A SWOT Analysis

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Managed Reopening After Lockdown: Recommendations for State Governments

Siliconpolitik: The Case for a Quad Semiconductor Partnership

Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on Demand for Grants (DFGs) in the Budget for FY 2021-22

IPPR Journal Article - A COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy for India

CLAWS Journal Article - Constraining the Pakistani Military-Jihadi Complex In a Post-COVID World

A COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy for India

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Supplementing State Policing Capacity for COVID-19 Duties

IPPR Journal Article - COVID-19 Warrants Long Overdue Doctrinal Shifts in Military Planning

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - National Security Preparedness & Planning for COVID-19

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - India in the Post COVID-19 World Order

Takshashila Discussion Document - China’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Covid World Order: An Assessment

Takshashila Strategic Assessment - The Economics and Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Response

Takshashila Discussion Document - A Human Capital Investment Model for India’s National Security System

Takshashila Discussion Document - India's External Intelligence Agency: Managing the Human Resources Challenge

Takshashila Working Paper - The Regressive Nature of Central Transfers for Health

Takshashila Working Paper - The Regressive Nature of Central Transfers for Health

Takshashila Working Paper - A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Public Health Expenditure in India

Takshashila Discussion Document - Deriving India's Strategies for a New World Order

Takshashila Discussion Document - Deriving India's Strategies for a New World Order

Takshashila Working Paper - Differentiating Unintended Consequences from Unanticipated - A Policy Framework

Book Chapter - The Other Pakistan: Understanding the Military-Jihadi Complex

Takshashila Working Paper - A Framework to Model the India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation

Book Chapter - Individual Liberty vs Public Security in a Radically Networked Society

Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - Analysing India Post-Uri Through a Conflict Escalation Framework

EPW Journal Article - Karnataka’s Changing Fiscal Landscape after FFC

Takshashila Policy Advisory - Quality of Service Based Differential Pricing for Data Services

Takshashila Discussion Document - Sustained Dialogue Process as India’s Pakistan Policy: An assessment

Takshashila Policy Brief - A Global Climate Change Relocation Insurance Framework

Takshashila Discussion Document - The looming United States pivot towards containing China’s influence

Takshashila Discussion Document - The India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation Framework

Takshashila Working Paper - ICT Governance Agenda For BRICS: An Eightfold Path

Takshashila Discussion Document - The Eightfold Path to Nuclear Fuel Supply Security

Takshashila Strategic Assessment - Risks to India’s national security from tensions along the Iran-Pakistan border

Takshashila Discussion Document - Resolving the Indo-Bangladesh Maritime Dispute

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