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India in Transition

CASI Deep Dive: Tariq Thachil on CASI and the Complex Challenge of Studying India in the United States

Tariq Thachil & Rohan Venkat

May 28, 2025

Tariq Thachil took over as Director of CASI in July 2020, just as the world was grappling with the uncertainty of a global pandemic. He steps down in June 2025, at a time when American academia faces a new wave of pressure.

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