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Mittal Institute Associates

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The Mittal Institute Associates Program accepts a limited number of researchers and faculty whose area of interest is South Asia and is looking to collaborate with the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute. Associates will contribute to the academic study of South Asia on campus by bringing their expertise on a wide range of issues to the University. 

The Mittal Institute Associatess will receive a Harvard ID that provides library privileges to the 70+ Harvard University Libraries. In addition, Associates will receive regular mailings and invitations to Harvard/Mittal Institute events, lectures and symposia.  The Mittal Institute Associates are encouraged to participate in seminars based on The Mittal Institute faculty research interests at least once during the academic year. Associates are encouraged to be in touch if they have an unique event idea, with understanding that not all requests can be accommodated. 

In addition, Associates are asked to be available to Harvard students and scholars for research inquiries related to their area of research. Associates are appointed without stipend (unpaid), and they are expected to provide their own funding and living expenses.  Associates are not housed in The Mittal Institute offices, and must independently arrange for work space as well as administrative support. 

Eligibility

The Mittal Institute allows for applications from scholars, professors and researchers who have completed a Ph.D., who are visitors at Harvard University in Cambridge, or are in residence in the New England regions or near the Mittal Institute Delhi Office in India. Remote scholars will also be considered as long as they are able to support Harvard faculty and student research.  Associates are appointed by The Mittal Institute for one-year terms after review of the required application materials (please see below).

Application Process

Applications for the Mittal Institute Associate Program are accepted on a rolling basis. Please submit all application components in one compiled PDF document to mittalsai@fas.harvard.edu.

Application Components 


Note on Faculty Mentors

The Mittal Institute does not provide faculty mentors for potential associates. Scholars are responsible for finding their own faculty mentor and having them complete the faculty mentor confirmation form.

Renewal Process

Mittal Institute Associates are eligible to apply for one additional year of appointment renewal upon satisfactory review of their renewal application. Scholars will only be offered one year of renewal (consecutively) for a maximum of two years of affiliation.

Scholars are required to complete an Associate Self-Reflection Form and submit an updated Mittal Institute Participation Agreement and CV in order to be considered for a renewal.

Questions

For questions regarding the Mittal Institute Associate program, please contact the Mittal Institute Programs and Administrative Coordinator, Thomas Elliott, at thomaselliott@fas.harvard.edu

2025-2026 Associates

Ajmal Khan Areethala

Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2022-2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ankur Tamuli Phukan

Historian, Mittal Institute India Fellow 2021-2022, Mittal Institute Associate
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Anu K Antony

Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2023-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Dr. Aravind

Aravind Radhakrishnan

Mittal Institute Associate; Doctoral Student at Charite University, Germany
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Arpit Shah

Arpit Shah

Raghunathan Fellow, 2024-25
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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Chandra Bhan Prasad

Mittal Institute Associate; Affiliated Scholar with the Mercatus Centre at George Mason University
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Hansong Li

Graduate Student Associate 2021-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Hardeep Dhillon

Mittal Institute Associate

Hasna Sal

Mittal Institute Associate; Lecturer at University of Miami School of Architecture
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Hiteshree Das

Co-Curator, Hum Sab Ek (We Are One) Traveling Exhibition
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Kheya Melo Furtado

Ph.D. Health Sciences, Mittal Institute Bajaj Visiting Research Fellowship Spring 2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Mariam Zia

Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Lahore School of Economics; Mittal Institute Babar Ali Fellow Spring 2023; Mittal Institute Associate
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Masuma Khwaja

Masuma Halai Khwaja

Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2025
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Muhammad Ayaz

Muhammad Ayaz

Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Spring 2025
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Muhammad Imran Mehsud

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow Spring 2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Nasir Uddin

Visiting Scholar
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Saravanan Thangarajan

Saravanan Thangarajan

Graduate Student Associate Academic Year 2024-2025
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Shailendra Raj Mehta

Mittal Institute Associate; O.P. Jindal Distinguished University Professor, and Distinguished Visiting Professor at Asia School of Business
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Todd Lewis

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities, College of the Holy Cross
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Vidya Subramanian

Former Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow, Mittal Institute Associate
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2024-2025 Associates

Anu K Antony

Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2023-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ajmal Khan Areethala

Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2022-2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Martha Chen

Martha Chen

Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Affiliated Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Amreen Hussain

Amreen Wasif Hussain

Mittal Institute Associate, Research Associate with Project Prakash
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Amra Khan

Amra Khan

Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Vani Krishnamurthy

Mittal Institute Associate
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Kheya Melo Furtado

Ph.D. Health Sciences, Mittal Institute Bajaj Visiting Research Fellowship Spring 2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Hansong Li

Graduate Student Associate 2021-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Chandra Mallampalli

Historian of Modern South Asia, Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad Imran Mehsud

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow Spring 2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ankur Tamuli Phukan

Historian, Mittal Institute India Fellow 2021-2022, Mittal Institute Associate
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Dr. Aravind

Aravind Radhakrishnan

Mittal Institute Associate; Doctoral Student at Charite University, Germany
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Devashree Shah

Devashree Shah

Co-Curator, The State of Architecture in South Asia
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Rinan Shah

Mittal Institute India Fellow 2023-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Vidya Subramanian

Former Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow, Mittal Institute Associate
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Pranav Thole

Pranav Thole

Co-Curator, The State of Architecture in South Asia
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Mariam Zia

Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Lahore School of Economics; Mittal Institute Babar Ali Fellow Spring 2023; Mittal Institute Associate
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2023-2024 Associates

Ajmal Khan Areethala

Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2022-2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Kalaiyarasan Arumugam

Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute, Brown University; Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Naveen Bharathi

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2019-2020; Mittal Institute Associate
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Abdul Razaque Channa

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow 2019-2020, Mittal Institute Associate
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Martha Chen

Martha Chen

Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School; Affiliated Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Sanjeev Chopra

Mittal Institute Associate
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Pradeep K Choudhury

Mittal Institute Bajaj Fellow 2023-2024, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Hardeep Dhillon

Mittal Institute Associate

Kheya Melo Furtado

Ph.D. Health Sciences, Mittal Institute Bajaj Visiting Research Fellowship Spring 2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Rahul Gupta

Mittal Institute Associate
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Amreen Hussain

Amreen Wasif Hussain

Mittal Institute Associate, Research Associate with Project Prakash
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Naveen Jha

Naveen Jha

Global Director at Mehta Family Foundation, Mittal Institute Associate
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Nadra Khan

Associate Professor of Art History at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Mittal Institute Associate
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Todd Lewis

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities, College of the Holy Cross
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Chandra Mallampalli

Historian of Modern South Asia, Mittal Institute Associate
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Akshay Mangla

Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Mittal Institute Associate
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ankur Tamuli Phukan

Historian, Mittal Institute India Fellow 2021-2022, Mittal Institute Associate
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Roluah Puia

Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019; Mittal Institute Associate
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Annie Rachel Royson

Literary Scholar, Mittal Institute India Fellow 2022-2023
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Tania Saeed

Marie Curie Fellow and Associate Professor of Sociology at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan; Mittal Institute Associate
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Srishtee Sethi

Mittal Institute India Fellow 2022-2023, Mittal Institute Associate
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Devashree Shah

Devashree Shah

Co-Curator, The State of Architecture in South Asia
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Vidya Subramanian

Former Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow, Mittal Institute Associate
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Pranav Thole

Pranav Thole

Co-Curator, The State of Architecture in South Asia
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Khyati Tripathi

Psychologist and Anthropologist, Mittal Institute Bajaj Visiting Research Fellow 2022, Mittal Institute Associate
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Ian Talbot

Visiting Scholar; Emeritus Professor in the History of Modern South Asia
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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Suraj Yengde

Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Mariam Zia

Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Lahore School of Economics; Mittal Institute Babar Ali Fellow Spring 2023; Mittal Institute Associate
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2022-2023 Associates

Kalaiyarasan Arumugam

Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute, Brown University; Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Naveen Bharathi

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2019-2020; Mittal Institute Associate
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Atanu Chakraborty

Former Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Finance; Mittal Institute Associate
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Chandra Mallampalli

Historian of Modern South Asia, Mittal Institute Associate
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Sanjeev Chopra

Mittal Institute Associate
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Abdul Razaque Channa

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow 2019-2020, Mittal Institute Associate
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Mariam Chughtai

Pakistan Programs Manager, Associate
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Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Hardeep Dhillon

Mittal Institute Associate

Swagato Ganguly

Consulting Editor, The Times of India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Rahul Gupta

Mittal Institute Associate
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Imtiaz ul Haq

World Bank Group, Economist. Aman Visiting Fellow, Spring 2018
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Michael Van Havill

Healthcare Product Design Leader; Mittal Institute Associate
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Nadra Khan

Associate Professor of Art History at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Mittal Institute Associate
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Todd Lewis

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities, College of the Holy Cross
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Akshay Mangla

Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Mittal Institute Associate
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Roluah Puia

Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019; Mittal Institute Associate
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Ian Talbot

Visiting Scholar; Emeritus Professor in the History of Modern South Asia
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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Laura Weinstein

Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Suraj Yengde

Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Raile Rocky Ziipao

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2017-2018; Mittal Institute Associate
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2021-2022 Associates

Todd Lewis

Distinguished Professor of Arts and Humanities, College of the Holy Cross
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Kalaiyarasan Arumugam

Postdoctoral Fellow, Watson Institute, Brown University; Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Naveen Bharathi

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2019-2020; Mittal Institute Associate
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Atanu Chakraborty

Former Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Finance; Mittal Institute Associate
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Abdul Razaque Channa

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow 2019-2020, Mittal Institute Associate
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Sanjeev Chopra

Mittal Institute Associate
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Mariam Chughtai

Pakistan Programs Manager, Associate
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Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Swagato Ganguly

Consulting Editor, The Times of India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Rahul Gupta

Mittal Institute Associate
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Sehj Kashyap

Mittal Institute Associate
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Akshay Mangla

Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Mittal Institute Associate
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Rajeesh Menon

Mittal Institute Associate
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Raile Rocky Ziipao

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2017-2018; Mittal Institute Associate
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Roluah Puia

Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019; Mittal Institute Associate
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Ian Talbot

Visiting Scholar; Emeritus Professor in the History of Modern South Asia
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Imtiaz ul Haq

World Bank Group, Economist. Aman Visiting Fellow, Spring 2018
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Michael Van Havill

Healthcare Product Design Leader; Mittal Institute Associate
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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Laura Weinstein

Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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2020-2021 Associates

Naveen Bharathi

Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2019-2020; Mittal Institute Associate
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Abhishek Bhatia

India Digital Health Network Fellow, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
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Atanu Chakraborty

Former Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Finance; Mittal Institute Associate
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Abdul Razaque Channa

Mittal Institute Syed Babar Ali Fellow 2019-2020, Mittal Institute Associate
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Mariam Chughtai

Pakistan Programs Manager, Associate
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Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Swagato Ganguly

Consulting Editor, The Times of India; Mittal Institute Associate
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Akshay Mangla

Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Mittal Institute Associate
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Rajeesh Menon

Mittal Institute Associate
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Dinyar Patel

Associate Professor of History, S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mittal Institute Associate
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Nadyeli Quiroz Radaelli

Mittal Institute Associate
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Ian Talbot

Visiting Scholar; Emeritus Professor in the History of Modern South Asia
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Imtiaz ul Haq

World Bank Group, Economist. Aman Visiting Fellow, Spring 2018
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Michael Van Havill

Healthcare Product Design Leader; Mittal Institute Associate
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Ashutosh Varshney

Sol Goldman Professor of International Studies and the Social Sciences and Professor of Political Science, Brown University; Director, Center for Contemporary South Asia, Brown University
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John David Wagner

Mittal Institute Associate
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Laura Weinstein

Ananda Coomaraswamy Curator of South Asian and Islamic Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Raile Rocky Ziipao

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2017-2018; Mittal Institute Associate
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2019-2020 Associates

Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Akshay Mangla

Associate Professor in International Business, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford; Mittal Institute Associate
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Hasna J. Moudud

Ash Center Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, 2012-2014; Mittal Institute Associate
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Sujata Saunik

Mittal Institute Associate
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Imtiaz ul Haq

World Bank Group, Economist. Aman Visiting Fellow, Spring 2018
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Fatima Zahra

Assistant Professor of Evaluation, Statistics and Methodology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; Mittal Institute Associate
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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Raile Rocky Ziipao

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; Mittal Institute Raghunathan Fellow 2017-2018; Mittal Institute Associate
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2018-2019 Associates

Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Hasna J. Moudud

Ash Center Visiting Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, 2012-2014; Mittal Institute Associate
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Sujata Saunik

Mittal Institute Associate
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Salil Shetty

Open Society Foundations, Vice President Global Programs. Former Secretary General, Amnesty International
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Veronica Vargas

Specialist in global health, health economics, and pharmaceuticals.
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Muhammad H. Zaman

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor of Biomedical Engineering and International Health, Boston University
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2015-2016 Associates

Fauzia E. Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Women’s Studies, Miami University of Ohio

Hasna J. Moudud

Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2012-2014
2017-2018 Associates

Ronak D. Desai

Mittal Institute Associate
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Vineeta Sinha

Head, South Asian Studies Program & Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore

Alka Palrecha

Humphrey Fellow, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT, 2017-2018

Hasna J. Moudud

Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2012-2014
2016-2017 Associates

Fauzia E. Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Women’s Studies, Miami University of Ohio

Hasna J. Moudud

Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2012-2014

Shreyas Navare

Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Hasit Shah

Journalist; Former Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation
2013-2014 Associates

Mumtaz Anwar, PhD

Research Fellow at Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI) Germany, Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of the Punjab, Lahore (Pakistan)
2014-2015 Associates

Fauzia E. Ahmed

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Women’s Studies, Miami University of Ohio

Gabrielle Kruks-Wisner

Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boston College

Hasna J. Moudud

Visiting Fellow, Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 2012-2014
2012-2013 Associates

Vanita Yadav

Fulbright Scholar
Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship, MIT

Manjari Chatterjee Miller

Assistant Professor of International Relations
Boston University
2011-2012 Associates

Manjari Chatterjee Miller

Assistant Professor of International Relations
Boston University