Ananya Venkateswaran is an intern at the Takshashila Institution with a keen interest in public policy. She is a rising high school junior at the American Community School of Abu Dhabi, with roots in India, the US, and the UAE. Her global lens greatly influences the work she does at Takshashila, including research, outreach, and writing.

Akshaya Venkatakrishnan is a research intern for the Indo-Pacific Studies Program at the Takshashila Institution. She is currently pursuing an M.Sc. in International Relations and Diplomacy at Leiden University, The Hague and has a prior background in law.

Vanshika Saraf is a Research Analyst for the Indo-Pacific Studies Program at the Takshashila Institution. She has an M.A in International Relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata and an M.A in Applied Sociology from St. Andrew’s University, Osaka, Japan. She has been a fellow of the Global Leaders’ Alliance Fellowship and a research fellow at the Alliance Centre for Eurasian Studies at Alliance University, Bengaluru

Air Marshal TD Joseph has in-depth experience in strategic and operational planning, flying operations and air defence operations, managing and orchestrating resources worth thousands of crores, heading training of nearly 20,000 personnel every year, and command & leadership. He is a security strategy thinker with a published book (Winning India's Next War: The Role of Aerospace Power, published in 2007) and several articles on aerospace power and international security.

Rohan Pai was an Assistant Programme Manager with the Defence & Foreign Affairs programme at Takshashila Institution.

Rohan graduated from Ashoka University with a bachelor’s degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Media Studies.

Shobhankita Reddy is a research analyst with the High Tech Geopolitics team at the Takshashila Institution.