Assessing the Global and Local Landscape of ‘Critical Technologies’

Advanced Military Technologies
Written By Wini Gurung

Published January 31, 2024

This document is a Compendium of the working papers presented at Takshashila's January 2024 Internal Conference on 'Critical Technologies'

Executive Summary

This document is a compendium of four Working Papers presented at the January 2024 Internal Conference organized by the Takshashila Institution on the theme, ‘Critical Technologies’. The papers featured in this document cover four key aspects – a framework to identify and define critical technologies, an assessment of critical technology supply chains, policy approaches of various global actors towards such technologies, and India’s policy approach in specific.

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Amit Kumar
Amit Kumar

Amit Kumar is a Staff Research Analyst with the Indo-Pacific Studies Programme at the Takshashila Institution. His research interests include China’s domestic policy and China’s Foreign policy, India-China relations. His long-term project at the Takshashila focuses on the Chinese economy and India-China trade relations.

Anushka Saxena
Anushka Saxena

Anushka Saxena is a Staff Research Analyst with Takshashila’s Indo-Pacific Studies Programme. Her research focuses on the Chinese People’s Liberation Army and its reforms, China-Taiwan Relations, and India’s Foreign Policy. She also curates the weekly Newsletter, ‘Eye on China’. She tweets @SaxenaAnushka_.

Shambhavi Naik
Shambhavi Naik

Shambhavi Naik is the Head of Research at Takshashila and is the chairperson of the Advanced Biology programme. She has a PhD in Cancer Biology. Shambhavi’s research covers India’s policies in areas of emerging technologies, with a focus on healthcare and higher education.

Saurabh Todi
Saurabh Todi

Saurabh tracks the geopolitics of emerging technologies, especially in biotechnology and nuclear power. His research interests also include export controls, WMD issues, and the geostrategic dynamic between India, China, and the United States. He manages the Network for Advanced Study of Technology Geopolitics (NAST) Fellowship at the Takshashila Institution and is a consultant with Inklude Labs.

Wini Gurung
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