
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:
Ritesh Suri - Developing Military Space Situational Awareness (SSA) and Investigating Utility of Arthashashtra Precepts for Proposing Foreign Policy Options for SSA
Sachin Tiwari - Promises and Pitfalls: Strategic Imperatives, Challenges and Roadmap for India-US Partnership in Emerging Technologies
Shivalik Daga and Sanket Tambare - Citizens at the Centre: Foundational Principles for AI Adoption and Governance by the Indian State
Noel Jackson Therattil and Mani Bhushan Jha - Managing Geopolitical Risks in the Clean Energy Transition: Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience for Critical Minerals
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
Avinash Koli - From Value Creation to Capture: Evidence from Integrated Circuit Design Patents and Industrial Policy
Andrea Nerthi R and Akshat Dwivedi - A Comparative Analysis between the Rare Earth Industries of China and India with Diplomatic Insights for India
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
Akash Kumar and Radhika Gupta - How Semiconductors are Shaping International Politics: Evolving Nature of ‘Alliances’ in the Age of Geopolitics of Technology
Trishal Kumar, Sahiti Sarva and Akshay Mijar - Digital Public Infrastructure for Climate Action: An Indian approach towards climate resilience and global soft power
Kumar Saurabh - Politics of technology standardisation: Locating India in international standards underlying energy transition in the road transport sector
Abhishank Mishra - Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems and Strategic Stability in Nuclear South Asia
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