The Center for the Advanced Study of INDIA at the University of Pennsylvania is the first research institution in the United States dedicated to the study of contemporary India.
India in Transition
In February 2025, India, along with France, co-hosted the AI Action Summit held in Paris. At the end, it was announced that the next edition will be held in India.
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Migrants and Machine Politics by Tariq Thachil & Adam Auerbach has won the 2025 Francine Frankel Prize for Best Book from the South Asia Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Former CASI Director Tariq Thachil's reflections on the past five years! (VIDEO)
CASI Non-Res Scholar & Former Postdoc Sarath Pillai
"From International to Imperial: The Indian Princely States, International Law, and the Ends of Empire in South Asia" Leiden Journal of International Law, May 23, 2025
Annual Report 2023-24
View our highlights from the past year and learn about some of our plans for the coming year.