Since its founding in 1992 within the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, the Center for the Advanced Study (CASI) has continued to uphold Penn's global reputation as a leading U.S. institution of research in South Asian studies and scholarship on India. CASI's goals are to engage in policy-relevant research focused on the challenges facing contemporary India; to nurture students' interest in contemporary India through interactions with Visiting Scholars and opportunities to work and conduct research in India; and to act as a public forum on contemporary India by hosting seminars, workshops, and conferences, as well as through our online scholarly publication, India in Transition.
A Virtual Discussion about Urban Migrants in India with new CASI Director Tariq Thachil July 15, 2020 In partnership with the University of Pennsylvan...
"A Breath of Fresh Air: Raising Awareness for Clean Fuel Adoption" featuring Farzana Afridi (Associate Professor, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian ...
"India and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic" featuring Chinmay Tumbe (Assistant Professor, Economics Area, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad) in con...
"Managing Migrants: Class and Emigration from India" featuring Rina Agarwala (Associate Professor of Sociology, Johns Hopkins University) in conversat...
"Urbanism at Water’s Edge: The Fluid Histories of Property in Calcutta," a book talk featuring Debjani Bhattacharyya (Assistant Professor of History, ...
"India’s Political Economy After COVID-19" featuring Roshan Kishore (Data & Political Economy Editor, Hindustan Times; CASI Spring 2020 Visiting Fello...
"Economic Development, the Nutrition Trap, and Metabolic Disease" featuring Kaivan Munshi (Professor of Economics, Yale University) in conversation wi...
"Intergenerational Mobility in India" featuring Sam Asher (Assistant Professor of International Economics, School of Advanced International Studies, J...
"The Challenges to India's National Security" featuring Sushant Singh (Deputy Editor, The Indian Express; Lecturer, Yale University) in conversation w...
"The Absent Dialogue: Politicians, Bureaucrats, and the Military in India," a book discussion featuring Author Anit Mukherjee (Assistant Professor, S....