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

Programme Overview

The Network for Advanced Study of Technology Geopolitics (NAST) aims to build high-quality scholarship in India at the intersection of technology and geopolitics. Discussions around emerging and critical technologies often lack a prudent understanding of how emerging technologies, geoeconomics, and geopolitics interact and can play a pivotal role in shaping India’s national power. The aim is to create a cross-disciplinary community of scholars and a body of knowledge that will inform policy, strategy, economics, technology and society.

NAST Fellowship - 2024-2025 Cohort Winners

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