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.

Anirudh Kanisetti is a Historian and Author, whose critically-acclaimed debut book, Lords of the Deccan: Southern India from the Chalukyas to the Cholas was published in 2022. Anirudh worked as a Researcher with the Takshashila Institution from 2017 to 2021.

Hemal Shah is currently the director for public policy at Gilead Sciences, Inc., focusing on international intellectual property (IP), trade and supply chain policy. Most recently, she served as director for emerging markets at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center (GIPC), focusing on India, Brazil, South Africa, and Russia. She was previously was a scholar with the Takshashila Institution, and a researcher with the United Nations Environment Program in Geneva.

V. Anantha Nageswaran is the current Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) to the Government of India. He is an economist and has worked for Credit Suisse in Switzerland and Singapore, and for the Union Bank of Switzerland. He was previously a councillor and a co-founder of the Takshashila Institution.

Kabir Taneja is currently a Fellow with the Strategic Studies programme at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). He was previously a Research Scholar at Takshashila. His research focused on India’s relations with West Asia, specifically looking at the domestic political dynamics, terrorism, non-state militant actors and the general security paradigm of the region.

Tarun Sharma has been responsible for strategic business development activities as well as research, knowledge management, review and drafting of policies relating to urban local development. He is the co-founder of Nagrika, a social enterprise working on urban policy research and practice. He has also worked with the Ministry of Urban Development and the Ministry of Housing on their flagship projects.

Ritwick Ghosh is a post-doctoral researcher at the Arizona State Univeristy. He is an inter-disciplinary social scientist with expertise in agricultural governance, economics, and politics. Specifically, he examines the challenges in governing agri-environmental transitions, biodiversity losses on private lands, and climate mitigation.

Hamsini Hariharan is a researcher and journalist. She has a Master of Laws in China Studies from Peking University and a Master's Degree focused in Geopolitics and International Relations from Manipal University. Hamsini worked as a Research Associate with Takshashila from 2016 to 2019.

Sushant K Singh was a Fellow for Defence Policy at Takshashila. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Centre for Policy Research (CPR). He was a lecturer in political science at Yale University (Fall 2019, 2021) and the Deputy Editor of The Indian Express, reporting on strategic affairs, national security and international affairs. He won the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Prize for Excellence in Journalism for 2017 and 2018. Prior to becoming a journalist, he served in the Indian Army for two decades.

Shree is a Research Analyst with the Geospatial Research Programme at the Takshashila Institution. Her research focuses on spatial data analysis, leveraging advanced geospatial technologies to generate insights and support informed policy decision-making.

Jatan Mehta is an adjunct scholar at the Takshashila Institution. He is a globally published independent space writer and the author of Moon Monday, the world’s only newsletter dedicated to covering lunar exploration developments from around the globe. He also writes Indian Space Progress, a monthly report contextualizing the progress of India’s increasingly relevant space capabilities in the global arena.

Sanjay Palsamudram is an Adjunct Specialist at Takshashila's Siliconpolitik project. With over a quarter-century at the forefront of technology, Sanjay has distinguished himself as an engineer, serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and mentor in the fields of semiconductors, software, and systems. He holds board memberships across several tech companies and venture funds.

Srijith K Nair worked as a former Fellow on Cybersecurity Studies at Takshashila in the past. He covered matters of cyber strategy, with an emphasis on the different kinds of cyber-threats that are important from an Indian national interest perspective, including concerns arising from the actions of both State and non-State actors. He is currently the Product Owner at Booking.com.

Priya Ravichandran is an independent researcher and policy analyst. She was previously working as a Research Scholar at Takshashila. Her main interests included Myanmar, its politics and foreign policy, Balochistan, and on gender issues in India. Priya has previously taught Race, Class, Gender in US, and Introduction to Politics at William Paterson University and has a Masters in International Affairs and Public Policy from William Paterson University.

Devika is Senior Associate, External Relations at Evidence Action. She has a Masters in Public Policy from the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago. She worked as a Research and Policy Analyst with the Takshashila Institution from 2014 to 2019.

Aishwaria Sonavane is a Research Analyst for Pakistan Studies at the Takshashila Institution. Her work focuses on counter-militancy, security, foreign policy, military-political nexus, and defense, with a broader regional emphasis on Afghanistan, India, and Pakistan. She tweets @aishwaria_s

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

Swathi is a Research Analyst for the Geospatial program at the Takshashila Institution. Her research focuses on the significance of remote sensing and GIS technology in understanding real world problems.

Pavan is the Lead of Language Programming at IVM podcasts. He studied Biotechnology at IIT Madras. Pavan worked with the Takshashila from 2013 to 2019 in various capacities as a researcher.

Adya Madhavan is a Research Analyst at the Takshashila Institution working with the high-tech geopolitics program. She graduated from Ashoka University with a Bachelor's Degree in History and International Relations. Her interests include geopolitics, artificial intelligence, military technologies, ethics, conflict histories, and contemporary South Asian History.