Divij Joshi is a lawyer by education and currently a PhD student at the University College London (UCL). He previously worked as a Research Fellow for the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy and also was a Tech Policy Fellow for the Mozilla Foundation in 2019-20.

Shreya is a Programme Manager of the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Advanced Public Policy) program at Takshashila. Before this, she worked in the sustainability, education, and consumer goods sectors in roles involving communications, stakeholder engagement, and key account management.

Kripa Koshy is a Programme Manager (for the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy) at the Takshashila Institution. She has previously worked with the public and third sector. She holds a Bachelors in International Development Studies from McGill University and a Masters in Public Administration from Queen’s University.

Nidhi Gupta was the Associate Dean and head of the Post Graduate Programme at Takshashila’s policy school. She has a Masters in Social Policy from the London School of Economics (LSE). Her research interests include gender studies and socio-economic related topics.

Manasa Venkataraman is a lawyer by education and a tech policy professional. She currently works in the Public Policy team at Meta. Her work focuses on data privacy, digital governance from a public policy lens and the role that regulation plays in encouraging innovation and digital access. She worked as a researcher at Takshashila from 2016 to 2019 in the Technology and Policy vertical.

Siddharth Bannerjee is Senior Policy Advisor - Economic Security Unit, at the UK’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

Guru Aiyar was a Research Fellow at Takshashila from 2016 to 2019. He had previously served in the Indian Navy for over 20 years. His research interests included India’s northeast policy as well as policies for Indian diaspora.

Shibani Mehta is a research analyst with the Security Studies Program at Carnegie India. Her research focuses on India’s security and foreign policies. Before joining Carnegie India, she worked at the Takshashila Institution as a programme associate and a researcher in the Indo-Pacific programme.

Ritul was an Assistant Engagement Manager at the Takshashila Institution. His work essentially involved building and nurturing the vibrant alumni network of Takshashila. Prior to this, he was working as a Development Associate at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Rohan is the Assistant Programme Manager of the Graduate Certificate in Public Policy (Technology and Policy) programme at Takshashila. He graduated cum laude from Ashoka University with a BA (Hons) in History & International Relations interdisciplinary major and a Media Studies concentration.

Shrikrishna works as the Knowledge Manager at The Takshashila Institution. His role involves building knowledge management capacities for research and policy verticals to enable effective conservation, discovery and growth of knowledge, and also managing public engagement on policy output.

Wini is a Communications Manager at the Takshashila Institution. She graduated with a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She holds a Bachelor’s degree (with Honours) in Political Science from Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi. Prior to joining Takshashila, she worked as a Research Analyst with the Institute of South Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore.

Sudeep Divakaran is currently working as a Platform Architect for Intel Corporation. An engineer by education, he also a PGD in IPR law from NLSIU. He previously worked as a Research Scholar at Takshashila from 2016 to 2017. His main areas of focus were telecom policies, blockchain & network security.

Ameya Naik is an Associate Fellow (non-resident) with the geostrategy programme at the Takshashila Institution. He teaches courses on public policy analysis to the students of our public policy programmes.

Maya Patra is an Assistant Programme Manager for the Post Graduate Programme in Public Policy at the Takshashila Institution. She has previously worked within the climate philanthropy sector and has professional experience across developmental research, strategic communications and editorial work. She holds a Bachelors in International Relations from SOAS University of London.

Carl Jaison is Manager (Programme Development) at Takshashila Institution where he leads the planning and execution of Takshashila's events and corporate engagement programmes.

Mukul G. Asher is a Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He received his PhD in Economics from Washington State University in 1972. In addition to India, Singapore and USA, he has also taught or researched in U.K., Sweden, Japan, Australia and Malaysia. He was previously a Fellow at Takshashila. His research has focused on fiscal reforms, India’s external economic policies, and pension reform in Asia.

Varun Ramachandra is currently a PhD candidate in the political science department at the University of Rochester. His research interests include observational causal inference, bayesian inference, statistical inference etc. He previously worked as a Research Analyst with Takshashila from 2014 to 2016 where he focused on using econometrics, causal inference and data science techniques to tackle public policy issues.

Rohan Joshi was a Fellow at Takshashila focusing on Indian strategic affairs and foreign policy towards Afghanistan, Pakistan and the Middle East. He was also a contributing panel columnist at Pragati — The Indian National Interest Review.

Dr. Vinay K. Singh is an officer of the 1995 batch of Indian Revenue Service and has served in different capacities including postings as assessing officer, in the CBDT and in the Academy. Dr. Singh has done MBBS, MD Medicine, and a Masters in Public Finance and Public Administration.