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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. casi.sas.upenn.edu

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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12h
...on the economy, borders, identities, environment, and regional geopolitics of the wider Himalayan region including the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12h
This is the first in a multi-part series published in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, at the Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR, a research center focused...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12h
Now Available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Churning the Oceans in the Mountains: Lithic Histories Between the Sikkim Himalayas and Naga Hills" by Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia (Shiv Nadar University) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ka... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/k...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Last call to REGISTER for our Oct 16 Fall 2026 Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture: "India at the Crossroads of Global Trade" with Amit Khandelwal (Yale University). In partnership with @perryworldhouse.bsky.social. www.eventbrite.com/e/india-at-t...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
...on the economy, borders, identities, environment, and regional geopolitics of the wider Himalayan region including the Hindu Kush and the Karakoram.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
This is the first in a multi-part series published in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Himalayan Studies, at the Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR, a research center focused...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
"Churning the Oceans in the Mountains: Lithic Histories, Community Relationships, and Knowledge of Place Between the Sikkim Himalayas and Naga Hills" by Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia (Shiv Nadar University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/kalzang-...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Now Available in HINDI & BANGLA: "'Situationships,' Values-Based Realism, and India’s Neighborhood Foreign Policy" by Chayanika Saxena HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ch... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/c...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Meet CASI's 2026-27 Scholars & Fellows! They hail from a variety of disciplines & continue to shape our understanding of many of India’s most pressing concerns. Become a 2027-28 In-Residence CASI Visiting Scholar/Fellow! (Deadline to Apply: December 1, 2026) casi.sas.upenn.edu/apply-for-ca...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
We are delighted to share CASI’s 2025-26 Annual Report! View highlights of the past year’s accomplishments and our goals and plans for the Center in the year ahead. Full Report: issuu.com/casipenn/doc...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Oct 13, 12pm Book Talk with musician, author & activist T.M. Krishna—discussing his book "We the People of India: Decoding a Nation's Symbols" with CASI Affiliated Scholar Nityanand Jayaraman (in partnership with Penn Dept of South Asia Studies & Penn Music) More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/tm-kr...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The first episode in CASI's new collaboration with #GrandTamasha podcast! "Why Clean Air is So Hard to Deliver in India" with CASI Senior Faculty Fellow & former Director Tariq Thachil & journalist & 2025 Visiting Fellow Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar @winterapples.bsky.social @milanv.bsky.social
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Why Clean Air Is So Hard to Deliver in India
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
INDUS Launch Webinar: "Revisiting Urban India: Taking Stock, Looking Forward" Oct 20, 9:30am EDT | 7:00pm IST (Organized and hosted by CASI and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota) Read More & REGISTER: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-quarter-...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
...and what she learned there about building institutions, collaboration, and diversity, and why academia is stronger when it leaves its silos.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
In IiT's first Postdoc Spotlight interview, CASI Non-Resident Managing Editor @rohanvenkat.bsky.social spoke to Mekhala Krishnamurthy about being the first postdoc at a small center with an outsized network, how CASI shaped her work on mandis and frontline functionaries...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
CASI Postdoc Spotlight: Mekhala Krishnamurthy on Mandis, Silos, and Institution-Building in Academia casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/casi-pos...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Our next Joint Seminar with CASI Fall Visiting Scholars, Priya Mukherjee & Baijayanti Chatterjee: Oct 8 at 12pm (in partnership with the Dept of Political Science, Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, PennClimate & Dept of South Asia Studies) Read More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/priya...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In this issue of IiT, Chayanika Saxena discusses how India's historical foreign policy template of balancing normative commitments with strategic pragmatism positions it well to navigate today's world of geopolitical situationships and the practice of values-based realism.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"'Situationships,' Values-Based Realism, and India’s Neighborhood Foreign Policy" by Chayanika Saxena casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/chayanik...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meet Fall 2026 Visiting Scholar, Amrita Sengupta!
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Meet Fall 2026 Visiting Scholar, Abhijit Ekbote!
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "After India’s G20 Moment: Diplomatic Spectacles and Diminishing Returns" by @abhinandankr.bsky.social (Jadavpur University) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ab... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/a...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Organized and hosted by CASI and the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change, University of Minnesota
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Introducing a new monthly webinar series by INDUS (India-US Urban Studies Network), a forum for conversations and exchanges among scholars and practitioners working on Indian urbanization across the US and India. Read More & REGISTER: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/indus...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Our first Joint Seminar with CASI Fall Visiting Scholars, Amrita Sengupta & Abhijit Ekbote: Sept 24 at 12pm (in partnership with Dept of Earth & Environmental Science, PennClimate, Dept of South Asia Studies & @pennldi.bsky.social) Read More: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/amrit...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Looking forward to seeing you at our next seminar on Sept 17 @ 12pm with Vijayendra (Biju) Rao (Northwestern): "Revolution by Stealth: How Women's Groups Catalyzed a Cultural Transformation in Bihar" (in partnership w/ Penn Poli Science & Penn GSWS/FQT) Read more: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/vijay...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In this issue of IiT, @abhinandankr.bsky.social examines how India’s approach to global summitry has shifted since the spectacle of the 2023 G20, and what this reveals about populism and the selective use of international forums for political projection and diplomatic engagement.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"After India’s G20 Moment: Diplomatic Spectacles and Diminishing Returns" by @abhinandankr.bsky.social (Jadavpur University) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/abhinand...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "No Country for Young People: The Inverted Population Pyramid Facing India’s Gen Z" by CASI Affiliated Fellow, Rukmini S. (Founder, @dataforindia.bsky.social) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/ru... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/r...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
In partnership with Penn Department of Economics, Wharton Department of Business Economics and Public Policy, and @perryworldhouse.bsky.social
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Excited to announce our Fall 2026 Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture: "India at the Crossroads of Global Trade" on Oct 16 with Amit Khandelwal (Yale University). Read More & REGISTER: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/amit-...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our first seminar of the fall! On Sept 10, Satya Shikha Chakraborty (TCNJ) discusses "Care Labor, Caste, and Race in Colonial India" (in partnership with Penn History & Dept of South Asia Studies) Read more: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events/satya...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
In partnership with: Penn South Asia Studies, Penn History, Penn Political Science, Penn GSWS/FQT, @pennldi.bsky.social, Penn EES, PennClimate, Penn Music, Penn Libraries, Penn IUR, Penn History & Sociology of Science, Penn Anthropology
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Mark those calendars! Our Fall 2026 Seminar Series has arrived! Read more: casi.sas.upenn.edu/events
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
In this issue of IiT, Rukmini S. examines data on India's Gen Z population in light of extraordinary street protests by young people that transfixed the country this past July.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
"No Country for Young People: The Inverted Population Pyramid Facing India’s Gen Z" by CASI Affiliated Fellow, Rukmini S.(Founder, @dataforindia.bsky.social) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/rukmini-...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Now Available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Strategic Convergence, Operational Limits: India–Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific" by Pratnashree Basu (ORF) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/pr... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/p...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
In this issue of IiT, Pratnashree Basu examines why strong India–Japan strategic convergence has yet to translate into deeper operational cooperation, highlighting the structural constraints that continue to limit the partnership.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Strategic Convergence, Operational Limits: India–Japan Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific" by Pratnashree Basu (ORF) casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/pratnash...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Now available in HINDI & BANGLA: "Optics, Ambition, and a Genuine Transition: Reflections from the Inaugural Mumbai Climate Week" by journalist & former CASI Visiting Fellow Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/va... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/v...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
In this issue of India in Transition, Benjamin Helms (Bush School of Government and Public Service) explains how India’s renewed efforts to forge free trade agreements will have uneven impacts on its domestic political economy.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
"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...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
PART 2: "Maritime Security in India’s Grand Strategic Vision: K.M. Panikkar and India’s Oceanic Frontier" by Mujeeb Kanth (South Asian University) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/mu... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/m...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
PART 1: "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) HINDI: casi.sas.upenn.edu/hindi/iit/sa... BANGLA: casi.sas.upenn.edu/bangla/iit/s...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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)
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Read Part 1 by Sanjeet Kashyap: casi.sas.upenn.edu/iit/sanjeet-...
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Anti-Communism and an Asian Alliance of Democracies: Minoo Masani’s Vision of India in the Regional Security Order | Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
US President Donald Trump’s tenure has vindicated many in the Indian foreign policy establishment prone to reflexive anti-Americanism. However, the recent history of intensified engagement between Ind...
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
In this issue of India in Transition, Mujeeb Kanth (South Asian University) presents the second in a two-part series on key personalities in India’s diplomatic history, based on research that was first presented at the Ashoka-LSE Diplomatic Studies Workshop.
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Center for the Advanced Study of India @casipenn.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
"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...
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