Center for the Advanced Study of India

The Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI) at Penn is the first research institution in the US dedicated to the study of contemporary India.

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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: https://t.co/6LQHXN1nXp

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In partnership with @SouthAsiaPenn & Penn Libraries

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Join us Oct 22 at 12pm (11:45am book signing) as we welcome Historian & Award-Winning Filmmaker, @SamDalrymple123 to discuss his new book "Shattered Lands: Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia" (in partnership with @SouthAsiaPenn & Penn Libraries) https://t.co/carXSZ8ikO

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...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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"'The Rain that Chases Rhinos': Community Crisis Communication in the Eastern Himalayas" by Mirza Zulfiqur Rahman @mirzalibra10 (Heinrich Boell Stiftung) https://t.co/4Nmj82aQv0

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This is the second 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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...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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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: https://t.co/XuCDjE7aZI
BANGLA: https://t.co/lLma2yKLPf

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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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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 (@akhandelwal8) of Yale University. https://t.co/MAioWIvVFl

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...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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"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) https://t.co/JwlMDTD8hD

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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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Now Available in HINDI & BANGLA:

"'Situationships,' Values-Based Realism, and India’s Neighborhood Foreign Policy" by Chayanika Saxena
@mobilemigrant

HINDI: https://t.co/xFDTQmTpvG
BANGLA: https://t.co/rE2hTYfMDc

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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: Dec 1, 2026) https://t.co/4GoRRTcuTE

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Don't miss our Oct 13, 12pm Book Talk with musician, author & activist @tmkrishna—discussing his book "We the People of India: Decoding a Nation's Symbols" w/ CASI Affiliated Scholar Nityanand Jayaraman (in partnership w/ @SouthAsiaPenn & @PennMusic) More: https://t.co/Ks9v3FT317

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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 @tariqthachil & journalist & 2025 Visiting Fellow @winterapples

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This week on #GrandTamasha, we kick-off a new collaboration with @CASIPenn on the pressing energy & climate challenges facing India. @tariqthachil & @winterapples join me to discuss the politics behind India's toxic air https://t.co/sdSgLUHROl

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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, @UMNews)
Read More & REGISTER: https://t.co/k0CR0vzftl

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...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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CASI Postdoc Spotlight: Mekhala Krishnamurthy on Mandis, Silos, and Institution-Building in Academia
https://t.co/TXr1PYOKwt

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In IiT's first Postdoc Spotlight interview, CASI Non-Resident Managing Editor @RohanV spoke to Mekhala Krishnamurthy about being CASI's first postdoc, how CASI shaped her work on mandis and frontline functionaries...