Research
Our research focuses on Advanced Biology, High-Tech Geopolitics, Strategic Studies, Indo-Pacific Studies, Economic Policy, Advanced Military Technologies & Geospatial Research.
![Takshashila Discussion Document - Gene Drives and Vector-Borne Diseases: A Comparative Perspective Using Malaria as a Case Study](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1675933318212-MEIJFQ9EFQEE9Q8I8VAL/unsplash-image-8o_LkMpo8ug.jpg)
![Takshashila Position - On Developing an Indigenous Mobile Operating System](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1675448104452-3D6EI4152VT3QL02NU4S/Phone.png)
![Takshashila Blue Paper: Re-energising India’s Biotech Ecosystem](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1675230715269-WMYGPKTIOZ3PL86R4T54/unsplash-image-XknuBmnjbKg.jpg)
![Takshashila Issue Brief - The Rare Earth Elements Opportunity for India](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1675250091984-TQQ3HVWF8L7A0XD7XC2G/unsplash-image-jxqTaXF5WmY.jpg)
Takshashila Issue Brief - The Rare Earth Elements Opportunity for India
By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
![Takshashila Discussion Document - China’s Global Security Initiative: Undermining US Alliances or Quest for a New Security Architecture?](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1653406578780-7U51Z0FBMO3D8N4NWVYL/china.jpg)
![Takshashila Discussion Document - Approaches to Advance India’s Interests in Outer Space](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1674709780000-EGJYUYQX8CKSZJOZJPO7/unsplash-image-l2ioLM9iOuY.jpg)
![Views on Heritable Gene Editing: Survey from India](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1673243172407-CDCNUAX3U9MRIGNRAG32/unsplash-image-J28Nn-CDbII.jpg)
![ORF Issue Brief - Reevaluating Bioweapons Amid Global Political Fragility](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1673235678853-1307LLWUF91EWFDNO3U1/title+page.png)
![Clingendael Report – Enhancing India–EU Engagement on ‘Meta-Critical’ Technologies: A Case for Collaboration on Semiconductors](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1672918872488-9WWNHY6Z6OSOH92TP2VU/unsplash-image-0NRkVddA2fw.jpg)
![Takshashila Issue Brief - India’s Options against Chinese Military Aggression](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1672405631697-2OPFDO5ACV9776GHHLQ8/unsplash-image-aku7Zlj_x_o.jpg)
Takshashila Issue Brief - India’s Options against Chinese Military Aggression
By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
![Takshashila Report - An Open Tech Strategy for India (A Working Draft)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1671791502813-R6I1HCF389VP3YZ8B2QA/OS.png)
Takshashila Report - An Open Tech Strategy for India (A Working Draft)
By Apar Gupta, Arjun Gargeyas, Bharath Reddy, Kailash Nadh, Nitin Pai, Pranay Kotasthane, Rushubh Mehta, Saurabh Chandra and Venkatesh Hariharan
![Takshashila Issue Brief - China’s Zero COVID Policy & Protests](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1669894036083-VMG51IBIKZDUKVXWMW1N/unsplash-image-xO4Q1LbHaFk.jpg)
Takshashila Issue Brief - China’s Zero COVID Policy & Protests
By Harshit Kukreja & Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
![ORF & Global Policy Journal Article - Gene Editing and the Need to Reevaluate Bioweapons](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1668794635986-EQXVY1N6YZXLYVZBZ499/Screenshot+2022-11-18+at+11.33.20+PM.png)
![Takshashila Issue Brief - GM Mustard Offers a Chance to Relook at India’s Gene Editing Governance](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1668404157133-257DHPEHQLCGVVI5OTQK/unsplash-image-zz_yq3mX6qw.jpg)
![Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - A New Approach to Nutrition in Karnataka](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1668405167083-Z1I0FTTDDND0VX5ALDV9/unsplash-image-WOxddhzhC1w.jpg)
Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc - A New Approach to Nutrition in Karnataka
By Harshit Kukreja and Shambhavi Naik
![Book Chapter - Neither Guns nor Butter: The Inconvenient Truth of India’s Defence Financing](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1667811876276-EZOG4FH2UQZ003BAPK74/81vav9aLH7L.jpg)
![Takshashila Discussion Document - Examining the Opportunities and Challenges for India’s Human Spaceflight Programme](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1667542666186-C6JOSTF753BARMQZA5GL/iss-11121_1280.jpg)
![Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament Article - The China–India–Pakistan Nuclear Trilemma and Accidental War](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1666077156589-00YUAQ4Q6XXOSCAV8A58/military-missiles-picture-id517581640-696x421.jpeg)
![Takshashila Issue Brief - Reform Inter-State Water Sharing before Water Trading](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1665744955352-CKBOGZ90TL47FRD28M1U/unsplash-image-hAtO0fEU4Gg.jpg)
Takshashila Issue Brief - Reform Inter-State Water Sharing before Water Trading
By Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
![Takshashila Discussion Document - Women’s Labour Force Participation in India](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/618a55c4cb03246776b68559/1665559883261-C65KPJV7JPT600R9VNTD/unsplash-image-2QE5yMcWrD4.jpg)
Takshashila Discussion Document - Women’s Labour Force Participation in India
By Sudisha Mishra and Sridhar Krishna