Three Facets of Muslim Representation in India
Hilal Ahmed
March 3, 2025
In this issue of India in Transition, CASI Fall 2024 Visiting Scholar Hilal Ahmed (CSDS, New Delhi) discusses the multifaceted nature of Muslim political representation in the post-colonial Indian context.
CASI in the News
CASI Non-Resident Visiting Scholar & former Postdoc Mekhala Krishnamurthy (Ashoka University) has been recognized as one of the top 25 thinkers in local government by the Local Government Information Unit (LGIU).
Meet CASI Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Kiran Kumbhar (Video)
Kiran Kumbhar is a historian, writer, and public health expert, working primarily on the history of medicine and public health in modern India, and on the history of global public health. His Ph.D. dissertation explored the problem of "declining" trust in biomedical doctors and highlighted the major role that caste-based privilege has played in the history of the Indian medical profession.
CASI Student Programs
Aravind Summer 2024 Alum Amanda Kossoff (Vagelos Life Sciences & Management Dual-Degree Program'27) and her team, Stentix, have won the 2025 Penn Y-Prize. They were recently featured in the February 20, 2025 issue of Penn Today.
For Penn undergrad and graduate students:
Applications for 2025 CASI Summer Research Grants are now OPEN! Deadline to apply: Monday, March 17, 2025, 11:59pm EST. Read all about Summer Interns and Summer Research Grant recipients' experiences on the CASI Student Programs Blog!
CASI Summer 2025 Internship in India applications are now closed. Thanks to all who applied!
Questions about CASI Student Programs?
Please contact Juni Bahuguna (Assistant Director, Student & Visitor Programs) at junib@sas.upenn.edu
Upcoming Events
2024-25 CASI Seminar Series
March 5, 2025, 4:30pm at CASI
"AIIMS New Delhi and the Tumultuous Beginnings of Indian Biomedicine"
CASI / South Asia Center / South Asia Studies Dept / Dept of History and Sociology of Science / CGH Seminar with Kiran Kumbhar (CASI)
March 20, 2025, 12pm at CASI
"Automatic for the People? Labor, Machines, and Ecology in Modern India"
CASI / South Asia Center / South Asia Studies Dept / Dept of History and Sociology of Science Seminar with Benjamin Siegel (Boston University)
View Complete Spring 2025 Events List
Spring 2025 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture & Performance
March 27, 2025, 4:30pm at PSPSE
"The Complex World of 21st Century Hindustani Music: Perspectives of an Insider-Outsider"
[Registration Required]
CASI Spring 2025 Saluja Global Fellow Lecture & Performance with renowned vocalist Shubha Mudgal. Accompanied by Drs. Aneesh Pradhan (tabla) & Kedar Naphade (harmonium) and moderated by Davesh Soneji (South Asia Studies, Penn)
Campus Location
CASI's office is located close to the heart of Penn's campus at the Ronald O. Perelman Center for Political Science & Economics at 133 South 36th Street (Suite 230) Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215.
