
Network for Advanced Study of Technology Geopolitics (NAST) Fellowship - 2024 - 2025
Programme Overview
The Network for Advanced Study of Technology Geopolitics (NAST) aims to build high-quality scholarship in India at the intersection of technology and geopolitics. Discussions around emerging and critical technologies often lack a prudent understanding of how emerging technologies, geoeconomics, and geopolitics interact and can play a pivotal role in shaping India’s national power. The aim is to create a cross-disciplinary community of scholars and a body of knowledge that will inform policy, strategy, economics, technology and society.
NAST Fellowship - 2024-2025 Cohort Winners
NAST Fellows for 2024-2025 Cohort
Mentors
C Raja Mohan
Senior Fellow with the Asia Society Policy Institute in Delhi; Visiting Research Professor at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS), National University of Singapore
Interest Areas: Indian foreign policy; Global geopolitics
Douglas Fuller
Professor in Zhejiang University's School of Management; Author of Paper Tigers, Hidden Dragons: Firms and the Political Economy of China’s Technological Development
Interest Areas: Chinese technology policy; Technology geopolitics
Kailash Nadh
Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Zerodha; Founding Director, FOSS United Foundation
Interest Areas: Free and open-source softwares
Rahul Matthan
Partner, Trilegal and heads its Technology, Media and Telecom practice
Interest Areas: Data Protection, Privacy, Digital Public Infrastructure, Cryptocurrency
Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon
Director, Strategic Studies Programme at Takshashila; Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.
Interest Areas: Strategic Studies, Nuclear Deterrence, Statecraft
Narayan Ramachandran
Co-Founder, The Takshashila Institution; Ex-Country Head of Morgan Stanley India,
Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Geoeconomics
Pranay Kotasthane
Deputy Director, The Takshashila Institution; Chair, High-Tech Geopolitics Program at Takshashila
Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Semiconductors
Dr Y. Nithiyanandam
Professor; Head, Geospatial Program at the Takshashila Institution.
Interest Areas: Advanced Remote Sensing, GIS Analytics, Urban and Ocean Informatics, and Geo-intelligence
Aditya Ramanathan
Research Fellow, Takshashila Institution; Chair, Advanced Military Technologies Programme at Takshashila
Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics; Space; Nuclear; Military Technologies
Anirudh Suri
Managing Partner, India Internet Fund; Author of The Great Tech Game: Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations.
Interest Areas: Technology Geopolitics, Climate, and Strategic Affairs
Group Captain TH Anand Rao
Senior Fellow, Centre for Air Power Studies, New Delhi
Interest Areas: Space Domain; Space Security and Policy