Fellowships
Current and Past Fellows
2024-2025
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Abir Abdullah
Visiting Artist Fellow Fall 2024
Profile![Saurav Ghimire](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Saurav-Ghimire_LUCA-School-of-Arts-Saurav-Ghimire.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Saurav Ghimire
Visiting Artist Fellow Fall 2024
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Parul Gupta
Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2025
Profile![Masuma Khwaja](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Masuma-Khwaja.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Masuma Halai Khwaja
Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2025
Profile![Headshot - Sarah Umer](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Headshot-Sarah-Umer.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Sarah Umer
Fulbright Fellow 2024
Profile2023-2024
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Garima Gupta
Visiting Artist Fellow Fall 2023
Profile![Amra Khan](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Amra-Khan-Amra-Khan.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Amra Khan
Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2024
Profile![Headshot of Muhammad Imran](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Headshot-Muhammad-Imran.jpeg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Muhammad Imran Mehsud
Syed Babar Ali Fellow, Spring 2024
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Cop Shiva
Visiting Artist Fellow Fall 2023
Profile![Headshot - Sarah Umer](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Headshot-Sarah-Umer.jpg?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Sarah Umer
Fulbright Fellow 2024
Profile![Waleed Zafar](https://i0.wp.com/mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Waleed-Zafar-waleed-zafar-e1705678209751.png?resize=70%2C70&ssl=1)
Waleed Zafar
Visiting Artist Fellow Spring 2024
Profile2022-2023
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Nilima Sheikh
DAF Spring 2023
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Yaqoob Khan Bangash
United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) Fulbright Fellow
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Annie Rachel Royson
Literary Scholar,
Mittal Institute India Fellow 2022-2023 – Delhi Office
ProfileMittal Institute India Fellow 2022-2023 – Delhi Office
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Srishtee Sethi
Mittal Institute Associate; 2022-2023 Mittal Institute India Fellow – New Delhi Office
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Khyati Tripathi
Psychologist and Anthropologist, Bajaj Visiting Research Fellow 2022
Profile2021-2022
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Ankur Tamuli Phukan
Historian,
Mittal Institute India Fellow 2021-2022 – Delhi Office
ProfileMittal Institute India Fellow 2021-2022 – Delhi Office
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Mayanka Ambade
Mittal Institute India Fellow - Delhi Office
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Mehwish Abid
2022 Visiting Artist Fellow
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Pragati Jain
2020–2021 Visiting Artist Fellow
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Bunu Dhungana
2020–2021 Visiting Artist Fellow
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Vidya Subramanian
Raghunathan Family Fellow, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
Profile2020-2021
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Vidya Subramanian
Raghunathan Family Fellow, The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute
Profile2018-2019
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Roluah Puia
Research Affiliate
Arvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019
ProfileArvind Raghunathan and Sribala Subramanian South Asia Visiting Fellow, 2018-2019
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Mariam Chughtai
Syed Babar Ali Fellow, 2018-2019
2016-2017
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Praveen Anand
B4 Fellow, Fall 2016-Fall 2017
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Musharraf Ali Farooqi
Babar Ali Fellow, Spring 2017
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Fahad Javed
Aman Fellow, Fall 2016
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Shubhankita Ojha
South Asian Studies Fellow, 2016-2017
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Ramya Purkanti
B4 Fellow, Fall 2016-Fall 2017
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Gayatri Ramakrishnan
B4 Fellow, Fall 2016-Fall 2017
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Parvathi M. Sreekumar
B4 Fellow, Fall 2016-Fall 2017
Profile2014-2015
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Atiya Khan
Aman Fellow, Fall 2014
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Anand Vaidya
South Asian Studies Fellow, 2014-2015
Graduate Student Associate, 2012-2013
ProfileGraduate Student Associate, 2012-2013
2013-2014
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Shankar Ramaswami
South Asian Studies Fellow, 2013-2014
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Muhammad Zahir
Aman Fellow, Spring 2014