Publications

Research papers, policy briefs, and academic writing

Research papers, policy briefs, and academic writing. Titles link to the original publication or PDF.

Date Paper Venue / Co-authors
Jan 2026 India Should Double Down on Rare Earth Recycling Takshashila Discussion Document · with Tannmay Kumarr Baid and Narayan Ramachandran
Nov 2025 Juggernaut or Embers of a Dying Fire: China’s Technology Landscape and Its Implications for India Book Chapter · with Shobhankita Reddy
Sep 2025 Geopolitics of Bengaluru’s Yellow Metro Line Takshashila Discussion Document · with Tannmay Kumarr Baid
Oct 2024 Environmental Cooperation: An Imperative for Subcontinental Thinking Takshashila Discussion Document · with Adya Madhavan, Nitin Pai, Anand Arni, Y. Nithiyanandam
Sep 2024 Karnataka at the 16th Finance Commission: Concerns, Prospects, and a Way Forward Takshashila Discussion Document · with Sarthak Pradhan
Aug 2024 India’s Climb up the Innovation Ladder: Policy Enablers and Impediments Takshashila Discussion Document · with Sarthak Pradhan
Dec 2023 The Techno-Economic Impact of the Israel-Hamas War Takshashila Working Paper · with Aditya Ramanathan, Sarthak Pradhan, Satya Shoova Sahu
May 2023 Interrogating Power and Legitimacy in the Information Age from an Indian Perspective Book Chapter · with Nitin Pai
May 2023 Time to Launch the US-India Trade Relationship into Another Orbit Takshashila Publication
May 2023 The Case for a G20-Led Climate Change Relocation Insurance System Think20 Policy Brief
Mar 2023 AI Race Must Not Overlook AI Hardware Takshashila Issue Brief · with Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
Mar 2023 Rebooting AI in India Clingendael Report
Feb 2023 High-Technology Geopolitics in the Post-Pandemic World Takshashila Working Paper
Jan 2023 The Rare Earth Elements Opportunity for India Takshashila Issue Brief · with Shrikrishna Upadhyaya
Jan 2023 Enhancing India–EU Engagement on ‘Meta-Critical’ Technologies: A Case for Collaboration on Semiconductors Clingendael Report
Dec 2022 An Open Tech Strategy for India Takshashila Report · with Nitin Pai
Nov 2022 Neither Guns nor Butter: The Inconvenient Truth of India’s Defence Financing Book Chapter
Jul 2022 Restarting the Post-Pandemic Indian Economy Takshashila–Hudson Institute Blue Paper
Jun 2022 Comments on NITI Aayog’s Draft Battery Swapping Policy Takshashila Policy Advisory
May 2022 Harnessing Trade Policy to Build India’s Semiconductor Industry Hinrich Foundation Report · with Arjun Gargeyas
May 2022 Complement to Succeed: A Case for India-Taiwan Collaboration on Semiconductors Taiwan Asia Exchange Foundation · with Arjun Gargeyas
Mar 2022 The Semiconductor Question in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Takshashila Discussion Document · with Arjun Gargeyas and Aditya Prateek
Feb 2022 Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology (FY 2022-23) Takshashila Policy Advisory
Aug 2021 India’s Semiconductor Ecosystem: A SWOT Analysis Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc · with Anup Rajput, Samparna Tripathy, Amol Sarin
Jun 2021 Managed Reopening After Lockdown: Recommendations for State Governments Takshashila Policy Advisory
Apr 2021 Siliconpolitik: The Case for a Quad Semiconductor Partnership ISAS Working Paper
Mar 2021 Comments to Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology (FY 2021-22) Takshashila Policy Advisory
Nov 2020 A COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment Strategy for India IPPR Journal Article
Oct 2020 Constraining the Pakistani Military-Jihadi Complex in a Post-COVID World CLAWS Journal Article
Sep 2020 Supplementing State Policing Capacity for COVID-19 Duties Takshashila Policy Advisory
Sep 2020 COVID-19 Warrants Long Overdue Doctrinal Shifts in Military Planning IPPR Journal Article
Jun 2020 National Security Preparedness & Planning for COVID-19 Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc
May 2020 India in the Post COVID-19 World Order Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc
Apr 2020 China’s Foreign Policy in the Post-Covid World Order: An Assessment Takshashila Discussion Document
Mar 2020 The Economics and Politics of Pakistan’s COVID-19 Response Takshashila Strategic Assessment
Dec 2019 The Regressive Nature of Central Transfers for Health Takshashila Working Paper
Sep 2019 A Human Capital Investment Model for India’s National Security System Takshashila Discussion Document
Aug 2019 Quality of Service Based Differential Pricing for Data Services Takshashila Policy Advisory
Jan 2019 India’s External Intelligence Agency: Managing the Human Resources Challenge Takshashila Discussion Document
Jul 2018 Deriving India’s Strategies for a New World Order Takshashila Discussion Document
Jul 2018 A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Public Health Expenditure in India Takshashila Working Paper
Dec 2017 Differentiating Unintended Consequences from Unanticipated Ones: A Policy Framework Takshashila Working Paper
Sep 2017 The Other Pakistan: Understanding the Military-Jihadi Complex Book Chapter
Jun 2017 A Framework to Model the India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation Takshashila Working Paper
Jan 2017 Individual Liberty vs Public Security in a Radically Networked Society Book Chapter
Dec 2016 Analysing India Post-Uri Through a Conflict Escalation Framework Takshashila Discussion SlideDoc
Aug 2016 Karnataka’s Changing Fiscal Landscape after the 14th Finance Commission Economic and Political Weekly
Jan 2016 Sustained Dialogue Process as India’s Pakistan Policy: An Assessment Takshashila Discussion Document
Dec 2015 A Global Climate Change Relocation Insurance Framework Takshashila Policy Brief
Aug 2015 The Looming United States Pivot Towards Containing China’s Influence Takshashila Discussion Document
Jul 2015 The India-Pakistan Conflict Escalation Framework Takshashila Discussion Document
May 2015 ICT Governance Agenda for BRICS: An Eightfold Path Takshashila Working Paper
May 2015 The Eightfold Path to India’s Nuclear Fuel Supply Security Takshashila Discussion Document
Nov 2014 Risks to India’s National Security from Tensions Along the Iran-Pakistan Border Takshashila Strategic Assessment
Jun 2014 Resolving the Indo-Bangladesh Maritime Dispute Takshashila Discussion Document
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