Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)

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Welcome

Since its founding in 1992 within the School of Arts & Sciences (SAS), 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. In conjunction with SAS Dean, Steven J. Fluharty's "Foundations and Frontiers" vision, 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.

In the News

Need for Fewer, Less Expensive Elections is Not the Same as Simultaneous Elections

Devesh Kapur

The Print

May 31 2018

Video Interview with Surjit S. Bhalla & Ravinder Kaur

PBS NewsHour

May 31 2018

With Trump’s Iran Pullout, has the Rule-maker of the World Become the Rule-breaker?

Devesh Kapur

The Print

May 9 2018

Student Programs Blog

Ravinder Kaur

Ravinder Kaur is a Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. She served as Chair of the Department from July 2015 to February 2018. She has previously taught at the University of Delhi and New York University. Most recently, she offered a course on Gender, Technology, and Society at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. Her current research interests are in the areas of the sociology of gender, family, marriage, kinship, middle class, and technology.

Current Research

"Gender and India into the 21st Century: Policy, Paradoxes, and the Personal" K. R. Meera	"Gender Bias in Education During Conflict: Evidence from Assam" Sutanuka Roy & Prakarsh Singh
"Reclaiming the Grassland for the Cheetah: Science and Nature Conservation in India" Ghazala Shahabuddin	"Whose Side Are You On? Identifying the Distributive Preferences of Local Politicians in India" Mark Schneider & Neelanjan Sircar

INDIA IN TRANSITION (IiT)

Our online publication, India in Transition (IiT), allows scholars from all over the world the opportunity to exchange various analyses and innovative ideas about India's current status and growth. A complete archive of issues is maintained here and translated in Hindi. In addition to appearing on CASI's website, all IiT articles are published in The Hindu: Business Line.

Also visit Transitions: An IiT Blog