In "Optics, Ambition, and a Genuine Transition: Reflections from the Inaugural Mumbai Climate Week," journalist and former CASI Visiting Fellow Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar examines the ambitions and contradictions of India’s first "Climate Week" event. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vaishnav...
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The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at the University of Pennsylvania is the first research institution in the US dedicated to the study of contemporary India. https://casi.sas.upenn.edu
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Nativist Backlash and 'Left-Behind' Areas: What India’s Trade Agreements Mean for its Political Economy" by @benjaminhelms.bsky.social (Texas A&M University) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/be... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/b...
"Nativist Backlash and “Left-Behind” Areas: What India’s Trade Agreements Mean for its Political Economy" by @benjaminhelms.bsky.social (Bush School of Government and Public Service) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/benjamin...
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: Parts 1 & 2 of a two-part series focusing on research that sheds light on key personalities in India’s diplomatic history, based on work that was first presented at the Ashoka-LSE Diplomatic Studies Workshop. (Links in the comments below)
"Maritime Security in India’s Grand Strategic Vision: K.M. Panikkar and India’s Oceanic Frontier" by Mujeeb Kanth (South Asian University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/mujeeb-k...
"Anti-Communism and an Asian Alliance of Democracies: Minoo Masani’s Vision of India in the Regional Security Order" by Sanjeet Kashyap (Jawaharlal Nehru University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/sanjeet-...
In HINDI & BANGLA: In IiT's first-ever WIDE LENS interview @rohanvenkat.bsky.social speaks with CASI Spring 2026 Saluja Global Fellow Nandita Das about "Courage in Art & Being an 'Accidental' Actor and Filmmaker" HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/wi... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/w...
In India in Transition's first-ever WIDE LENS interview, @rohanvenkat.bsky.social speaks with CASI Spring 2026 Saluja Global Fellow Nandita Das about "Courage in Art and Being an 'Accidental' Actor and Filmmaker" casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/wide-len...
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Nehru at Bandung: Notes from a Conference Slip Pad" by Vineet Thakur (@unileiden.bsky.social) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/vi... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/v...
In "Nehru at Bandung: Notes from a Conference Slip Pad," Vineet Thakur (@unileiden.bsky.social) turns to an unusual historical artifact to reveal, among other things, Jawaharlal Nehru's unheralded talent for doodling. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/vineet-t...
INDIA IN TRANSITION: Now available in HINDI & BANGLA "'AI is Like a Child': The Dangers of an Oversimplified Narrative" by Anubha Singh (Vassar College) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/an... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/a...
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"'AI is Like a Child': The Dangers of an Oversimplified Narrative" by Anubha Singh (Vassar College) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/anubha-s...
INDIA IN TRANSITION Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "CASI Reading List: The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the BJP" with @rohanvenkat.bsky.social in conversation with former CASI Director Tariq Thachil HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ca... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/c...
INDIA IN TRANSITION: "CASI Reading List: The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the BJP" with @rohanvenkat.bsky.social in conversation with former CASI Director Tariq Thachil casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/casi-rea...
CASI Reading List: The Rise of Hindu Nationalism and the BJP | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
In May 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi marks 12 years in office. Given the country's median age of 29, roughly half of all Indians—nearly 750 million people—have never known a different nati...
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INDIA IN TRANSITION Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Does India Have Too Many Doctors?" by CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, @kikumbhar.bsky.social HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ki... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/k...
Don't miss our final Spring '26 seminar w/ Thomas F. Tartaron: "Environment, Cultural Heritage & Ethnoarchaeology Among Kerala's Traditional Fishing Communities" (partnered w/ Penn Classical Studies, EnviroLab, South Asia Studies Dept, @southasiacenter.bsky.social) casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/thoma...
Please meet CASI Spring 2026 Visiting Fellow, Nityanand Jayaraman and Non-Resident Scholar, Karen Coelho! www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bOj...
Meet CASI Spring 2026 Visiting Fellow, Nityanand Jayaraman & Non-Resident Scholar, Karen Coelho
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INDIA IN TRANSITION: "Does India Have Too Many Doctors?" CASI Postdoc @kikumbhar.bsky.social argues that India no longer suffers from a shortage of doctors, and for meaningful future health policy, this new reality must be taken seriously by policymakers & experts casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/kiran-ku...
Does India Have Too Many Doctors? | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
In 2025, while researching the recent rapid increase in the number of medical colleges in India, I discovered that this aspect of the country’s medical education policy was based, shockingly, on a non...
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Penn students! Applications for 2026-27 Sobti Fellowship Opportunities are now OPEN! Deadline to apply: April 30, 2026. Read more & Apply: casi.sas.upenn.edu/studentprogr...
*This event is POSTPONED* April 16 CASI seminar with D. Asher Ghertner
April 9 at 12pm: join us as we hear from our Spring Visiting Fellow Nityanand Jayaraman on "Sea-ing Like a Fisher: Knowing a Warming World Differently" (in partnership with Penn Anthropology, @southasiacenter.bsky.social & South Asia Studies Dept) Read More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/nitya...
INDIA IN TRANSITION Now Available in HINDI, BANGLA & TAMIL: "India’s Foreign Policy Relocations in the Trump Tariff Era" by @katesde.bsky.social (University of Oxford) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ka... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/k... TAMIL: casi.sas.upenn.edu/tamil/iit/ka...
Get to know our 2026 Saluja Global Fellow, Nandita Das—the woman behind the camera! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMx_...
Meet CASI Spring 2026 Saluja Global Fellow, Nandita Das!
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Full video of our March 19 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture with Actor, Filmmaker, Social Advocate Nandita Das! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti5k...
"My Journey from Social Work to Cinema" (Nandita Das)
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INDIA IN TRANSITION: "India’s Foreign Policy Relocations in the Trump Tariff Era" by @katesde.bsky.social (University of Oxford) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/kate-sul...
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It is India’s season for trade deals. Amid President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff escalation and the longer-term politicization of global trade, India has elevated trade diplomacy to the forefront o...
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Join us April 1, 4:30pm, Cohen Hall for a @southasiacenter.bsky.social South Asia Studies Colloquium (co-sponsored w/ CASI) with Dr. Charu Singh - "Epistemological Change: Śāstra, Vijñāna, and the Categories of Knowledge in Early Twentieth Century North India" www.southasia.upenn.edu/events/sast-...
INDIA IN TRANSITION Now Available in HINDI, BANGLA and TAMIL: "What is Happening to the Rules-based International Order?" by Atul Mishra (Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/at... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/a... TAMIL: casi.sas.upenn.edu/tamil/iit/at...
INDIA IN TRANSITION "What is Happening to the Rules-based International Order?" Atul Mishra examines how international geopolitical fractures and radical change in US foreign policy have brought the idea of rules-based international order to the brink of collapse. casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/atul-mis...
What is Happening to the Rules-based International Order? | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
What does Mark Carney make of the Israeli-American killing of the late Iranian head of state, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei? The Canadian Prime Minister proclaimed at Davos on January 20, 2026 that the exist...
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Meet our Spring 2026 Visiting Scholar, Raju Chalwadi!
Meet CASI Spring 2026 Visiting Scholar, Raju Chalwadi
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Excited to announce our upcoming conference—COASTAL WORLDS—March 25-27 at Penn! Co-sponsored by Penn EnviroLab, Penn Anthropology, and Penn Music. Read More & Register: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/coast...