The University of Pennsylvania Institute for the Advanced Study of India (UPIASI), established in 1997 in New Delhi, is a non-profit research centre committed to advancing multidisciplinary scholarship on modern India. Created in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania, the institute provides a vital platform for academic exchange and intellectual collaboration. It brings together scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to examine the forces shaping India’s development, democracy, and global engagement. Through its research, dialogues, and outreach, UPIASI fosters nuanced perspectives on the complex realities of a rapidly transforming nation.
At its core, UPIASI serves as a bridge between academic inquiry and policy discourse. Its work seeks to deepen understanding of India’s society, economy, politics, and culture by combining rigorous research with meaningful public engagement. By encouraging conversations that cross disciplines and borders, the institute aims to illuminate contemporary challenges while contributing to the creation of ideas that guide future policy and scholarship.
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Our scholars engage with governments, policymakers, academics, students, industries, practitioners, and civil society to provide insightful and fresh analysis on India’s pressing challenges and its rising global role.
India’s role in regional and global security is being reshaped by shifting alliances, emerging threats, and strategic aspirations. This research area examines the complex
forces that influence India’s defence and diplomatic posture in a changing world. It delves into the country’s foreign and security policies, analysing their evolution through
historical and contemporary lenses.
The work explores India’s engagements with global institutions, its regional responsibilities, and responses to geopolitical tensions.
By offering informed analyses, it helps make sense of India’s strategic choices and its place in the international order.
India’s role in regional and global security is being reshaped by shifting alliances, emerging threats, and strategic aspirations. This research area examines the complex forces that influence India’s defence and diplomatic posture in a changing world. It delves into the country’s foreign and security policies, analysing their evolution through historical and contemporary lenses.The work explores India’s engagements with global institutions, its regional responsibilities, and responses to geopolitical tensions. By offering informed analyses, it helps make sense of India’s strategic choices and its place in the international order.
India’s role in regional and global security is being reshaped by shifting alliances, emerging threats, and strategic aspirations. This research area examines the complex forces that influence India’s defence and diplomatic posture in a changing world. It delves into the country’s foreign and security policies, analysing their evolution through historical and contemporary lenses.The work explores India’s engagements with global institutions, its regional responsibilities, and responses to geopolitical tensions. By offering informed analyses, it helps make sense of India’s strategic choices and its place in the international order.
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