Decoding India’s landmark climate ruling

Abhayraj Naik, Visiting Associate Professor of Practice, Environmental Studies, SIAS, recently co-authored an analysis essay with Parul Kumar, PhD candidate, KU Leuven and Deputy Executive Director, EPICO KlimaInnovation titled Endangered Birds, Renewable Energy, and India’s New Constitutional Climate Right, published in the Journal of Environmental Law (Oxford University Press). This essay examines India’s first major …

Paper co-authored by Dr Lakshmi Narayanan published in Advances in Space Research

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, has co-authored a paper titled Cross-equatorial travelling ionospheric disturbances and changes in background ionospheric densities over Indian longitudes during the geomagnetic storm of 20–21 December 2015, which has been published in Advances in Space Research. This study examines the ionospheric response over the Indian region during a …

Article co-authored by Nickhil Sharma published in AI & Society

An article co-authored by Nickhil Sharma, Visiting Faculty, SIAS, titled, Intersectional analysis of visual generative AI: the case of stable diffusion has been published in AI & Society. The article critically examines Stable Diffusion, a widely used open-source visual Generative AI tool, through an intersectional lens. It explores how AI-generated imagery can perpetuate existing social …

Dr Rangachary Kommanduri awarded grant under MeitY EiR Program

Dr Rangachary Kommanduri, Visiting Assistant Professor, Data Science, SIAS, has been awarded a grant under the MeitY Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program for his proposal, ‘Transforming Campus Safety with AI-Powered Anomaly Detection Solutions.’ The program, which supports early-stage entrepreneurs in developing innovative technology solutions, is supported by Gyan Circle Ventures (CIEDI) at IIIT Sri City and funded …

Dr Chirag Dhara delivers a talk at Jawaharlal Nehru University

Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, delivered a talk at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, on 18 March 2025. The talk, titled “Inequality and Climate Destabilisation,” was part of the CESP Seminar Series 2025. AbstractHow would the world have warmed if each country’s lifestyle had been …

Dr Joya John selected to attend Balzan Colloquium at Harvard University

Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS, has been selected to attend the Balzan Colloquium at the Institute of World Literature, Harvard University, from 30 June to 24 July 2025. The three-week colloquium brings together participants from five regions of the world: Africa, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and South/Southeast Asia. Each year, …

Dr Chirag Dhara pens an op-ed in The Hindu

Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, along with Dr Soumyajit Bhar, has penned an op-ed in The Hindu titled The dangerous illusion cast by development rankings. The authors articulate a new vision of sustainable development, discussing how the United Nations Development Program has shaped countries’ perceptions of progress for decades. They argue that …

SIAS Students Sparsh Makharia, Vatsalya Betala, and Aarav Akali secure second place in EMPOWER Hackathon at IIM Ahemedabad

SIAS students Sparsh Makharia, Vatsalya Betala, and Aarav Akali (Cohort 2022-26) secured 2nd place at the prestigious EMPOWER Hackathon, an inter-college competition hosted by IIM Ahmedabad’s Social Innovation Club (IDEOS), Ashoka University’s Social Impact Club (Anitya), and the CS Society of Ashoka University. The EMPOWER Hackathon: Tech for Social Good brought together students from across …

Kaustav Mehta’s undergraduate capstone thesis published in BMC Neurology

Kaustav Mehta, Teaching Fellow, Data Science, SIAS’ undergraduate capstone thesis titled ‘Exploring comorbidity networks in mild traumatic brain injury subjects through graph theory: a traumatic brain injury model systems study’ has been published in BMC Neurology. The paper is co-authored by Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, SIAS. Read more

Dr Proma Raychaudhury pens an op-ed in Anandabazar Patrika

Dr Proma Raychaudhury, Assistant Professor, Politics, SIAS recently published an op-ed in Bengali at Anandabazar Patrika, an analysis of the Trump-Zelensky interaction through the performative approach to populist politics. Read here. Dr Raychaudhary also delivered an invited lecture at Adamas University’s Guest Lecture Series on Exploring Women’s Participation and Representation in Indian Politics on 10 …