Team Takshashila

Co-Founders and Distinguished Fellows

Nitin Pai

Nitin Pai

Nitin Pai is co-founder and director of the Takshashila Institution, an independent centre for research and education in public policy. His current research includes the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific; defence economics and the politics of radically networked societies.

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Narayan Ramachandran

Narayan Ramachandran

Narayan Ramchandran is one of Takshashila’s co-founders. He worked on Wall Street (mostly at Morgan Stanley) for over 20 years, most recently as head of global emerging market investing and then country head of Morgan Stanley in India.

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Anand Arni

Anand Arni

Anand Arni is a Distinguished Fellow at the Takshashila Institution. As a career intelligence officer, he has spent over 25 years specialising in India’s neighbourhood policies. Post-retirement, he continues to focus on India’s western neighbours.

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Lt General (Dr) Prakash Menon

Lt General (Dr) Prakash Menon

Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon is the Director of the Strategic Studies Programme. He is also Professor Emeritus at Trans Disciplinary University (TDU), Bangalore and Adjunct Professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore.

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Air Marshal TD Joseph

Air Marshal TD Joseph

Air Marshal TD Joseph has in-depth experience in strategic and operational planning, flying operations and air defence operations, managing and orchestrating resources worth thousands of crores, heading training of nearly 20,000 personnel every year, and command & leadership. He is a security strategy thinker with a published book (Winning India's Next War: The Role of Aerospace Power, published in 2007) and several articles on aerospace power and international security.

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Fellows and Adjunct Fellows