Network for Advanced Study of Technology Geopolitics (NAST) Fellowship - 2024 - 2025

NAST Fellowship - 2024-2025 Cohort Winners

Below were the final paper submissions by the NAST Fellows:

  1. Ritesh Suri - Developing Military Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Investigating Utility of Arthashashtra Precepts for Proposing Foreign Policy Options for SSA

  2. Sachin Tiwari - Promises and Pitfalls: Strategic Imperatives, Challenges and Roadmap for India-US Partnership in Emerging Technologies

  3. Shivalik Daga and Sanket Tambare - Citizens at the Centre: Foundational Principles for AI Adoption and Governance by the Indian State

  4. Noel Jackson Therattil and Mani Bhushan Jha - Managing Geopolitical Risks in the Clean Energy Transition: Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience for Critical Minerals

  5. Samyak Rai Leekha and Akhil Siddharth Pyda - Digital Public Infrastructure and Open Networks as Pillars of National Cybersecurity: Strategic Responses to India’s Cyber Threat Environment

  6. Avinash Koli - From Value Creation to Capture: Evidence from Integrated Circuit Design Patents and Industrial Policy

  7. Andrea Nerthi R and Akshat Dwivedi - A Comparative Analysis between the Rare Earth Industries of China and India with Diplomatic Insights for India

  8. Nisarg Jani and Bhumika Sevkani - Evaluating Public Policy Influence of RISC-V Adoption in India’s Fabless Ecosystem: A Comparative Study of India and China

  9. Akash Kumar and Radhika Gupta - How Semiconductors are Shaping International Politics: Evolving Nature of ‘Alliances’ in the Age of Geopolitics of Technology

  10. Trishal Kumar, Sahiti Sarva and Akshay Mijar - Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate Action: An Indian approach towards climate resilience and global soft power

  11. Kumar Saurabh - Politics of technology standardisation: Locating India in international standards underlying energy transition in the road transport sector

  12. Abhishank Mishra - Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and Strategic Stability in Nuclear South Asia

  13. Pranjal Mhatre - Governance Model for Satellite Mega Constellations

NAST Fellows for 2024-2025 Cohort

Mentors

C Raja Mohan

Senior Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute in Delhi; Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore

Interest Areas: Indian foreign policy; Global geopolitics

Douglas Fuller

Professor in Zhejiang University's School of Management; Author of Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China’s Technological Development

Interest Areas: Chinese technology policy; Technology geopolitics

Kailash Nadh

Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Zerodha; Founding Director, FOSS United Foundation

Interest Areas: Free and open-source softwares

Rahul Matthan

Partner, Trilegal and heads its Technology, Media and Telecom practice

Interest Areas: Data Protection, Privacy, Digital Public Infrastructure, Cryptocurrency

Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon

Director, Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila; Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.

Interest Areas: Strategic Studies, Nuclear Deterrence, Statecraft

Narayan Ramachandran

Co-Founder, The Takshashila Institution; Ex-Country Head of Morgan Stanley India,

Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Geoeconomics

Pranay Kotasthane

Deputy Director, The Takshashila Institution; Chair, High-Tech Geopolitics Program at Takshashila

Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Semiconductors

Dr Y. Nithiyanandam

Professor; Head, Geospatial Program at the Takshashila Institution.

Interest Areas: Advanced Remote Sensing, GIS Analytics, Urban and Ocean Informatics, and Geo-intelligence

Aditya Ramanathan

Research Fellow, Takshashila Institution; Chair, Advanced Military Technologies Programme at Takshashila

Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Space; Nuclear; Military Technologies

Anirudh Suri

Managing Partner, India Internet Fund; Author of The Great Tech Game: Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations.

Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics, Climate, and Strategic Affairs

Group Captain TH Anand Rao

Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi

Interest Areas: Space Domain; Space Security and Policy