Team Takshashila
Co-Founders and Distinguished Fellows
Nitin Pai
Co-Founder and Director
Narayan Ramachandran
Co-Founder
Anand Arni
Distinguished Fellow
Lt General (Dr) Prakash Menon
Director of the Strategic Studies Programme
Air Marshal TD Joseph
Distinguished Fellow
Dr Sanjaya Baru
Distinguished Senior Fellow
Dr. M. Govinda Rao
Councillor of Takshashila Institution
Javeed Ahmad
Adjunct Distinguished Fellow
Fellows and Adjunct Fellows
Pranay Kotasthane
Deputy Director and Chairs HTG Programme
Hema Hattangady
Distinguished Fellow
Shambhavi Naik
Chairperson of the Advanced Biology programme
Anupam Manur
Professor at the Takshashila Institution
Aditya Ramanathan
Chairperson, Advanced Military Technology and Outer Space Programme
Dr Kajari Kamal
Adjunct Research Fellow
Manoj Kewalramani
Chairperson, Geostrategy Programme
Mihir Mahajan
Adjunct Fellow at the Takshashila Institution
Sarthak Pradhan
Assistant Professor at the Takshashila Institution
Bharath Reddy
Associate Fellow with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme
Colonel KPM Das
Adjunct Fellow at the Takshashila Institution
Brigadier Anil Raman
Research Fellow for the Geostrategy Programme
Rijesh Panicker
Fellow with the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme
Sridhar Krishna
Senior Scholar at the Takshashila Institution
Dr Y Nithiyanandam
Professor and the Head of Takshashila's Geospatial Programme
Yusuf Unjhawala
Adjunct Scholar at the Takshashila Institution
Ameya Naik
Associate Fellow with the Geo Strategy Programme
Sanjay Palsamudram
Adjunct Specialist at the Takshashila's Siliconpolitik Project
Raja Karthikeya
Adjunct Fellow for West Asia Studies
Anushka Saxena
Associate Fellow, Geostrategy Programme
Programme Managers
Sowmya Prabhakar
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Malathi Renati
Head of Policy School
Anwesha Sen
Programme Manager, Technology and Policy
Leah Govias
Programme Manager
Astha Rastogi
Programme Manager
Kavya Rai
Assistant Programme Manager
Suman Joshi
Staff Programme Manager
Shreya Ramakrishnan
Staff Programme Manager
Kripa Koshy
Staff Programme Manager
Carl Jaison
Manager (Programme Development)
Saurabh Todi
NAST Fellowship Manager
Sourav Mannaraprayil
Communications Manager
Defence Fellows
Research Analysts
Vanshika Saraf
Research Analyst for the Geostrategy Programme
Amit Kumar
Staff Research Analyst, Geostrategy Programme
Arindam Goswami
Staff Research Analyst for the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme
Lokendra Sharma
Staff Research Analyst for the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme
Anisree Suresh
Research Associate in Geoeconomics
Ashwin Prasad Rao
Staff Research Analyst for the Advanced Military Technology and Outer Space Programme
Aishwaria Sonavane
Research Analyst for Pakistan Studies
Shobhankita Reddy
Research analyst for the High Tech Geopolitics Programme
Adya Madhavan
Research analyst for the High Tech Geopolitics Programme
Bhumika Sevkani
Research Analyst in Geostrategy Programme
Tannmay Kumarr Baid
Junior Adjunct Scholar for the High-Tech Geopolitics Programme
Abhishek Kadiyala
Research Analyst for the Geostrategy Programme
Gopal Tomar
Research Analyst for the Geospatial Programme
Aditi Palo
Research Analyst for Advanced Biology Programme
Administrative Staff
Visiting Faculty
Ajay Khanna
Chief Executive Officer of India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) (2002-2006)
Ambassador Latha Reddy
Former Deputy National Security Adviser of India
Ganesh Chakravarthi
Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Krish Ashok
Heads the Digital Workplace unit at Tata Consultancy Services
Laveesh Bhandari
Economist, Entrepreneur, and Environment Evangelist
M R Madhavan
President and Co-Founder of PRS
Pramit Bhattacharya
Writes Truth, Lies, and Statistics column for Mint
Rahul Matthan
Fellow with Takshashila’s Technology & Policy Research Programme
Rajeswari Sengupta
Associate Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai
Rear Admiral Sudarshan Y. Shrikhande
Maritime Strategy
Surya Prakash B S
Chartered Accountant, law graduate and Fellow and Programme Director at DAKSH, Bengaluru
Vishwanath S
Civil Engineer and Urban Planner
Ashish Kulkarni
Economic Reasoning in Public Policy
Ajay Shah
Economist
Lighthouse Keepers
We’ve always believed that change happens when good people meet good ideas through good networks. Our Lighthouse Keepers make that happen on the ground — alumni who’ve stepped up to anchor the Takshashila community in their own cities.
They light the way for fellow alumni to find help, discover opportunities, sharpen their thinking, and simply show up for each other at local meet-ups.
As we head into Takshashila’s second decade, our hope is simple, that you lift each other up. The meet-ups are just the anchor, you are the ones driving the change.
This is a marathon, after all. And we’re glad to be running it together!
