Research Interns

Megha Shrivastava is a research intern at ICS. She holds her masters in Politics (with Specialization in International Relations) from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Also a UGC-NET qualified scholar, she has published quality papers, blogs and essays in many reputed journals before. She has earlier worked at Foreign Policy Research center, Yogya Foundation and Center for legislative Research and advocacy as a research intern. 

Shruti Jargad is currently a Yenching Scholar at Peking University in China. She is pursuing Masters in Chinese Studies (Politics and IR concentration) and her research thesis focuses on CCP recruitment strategies in the Xi Era. Previously she has completed Master's in Political Science from Centre for Political Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University. At ICS, under guidance of Dr. Usha Chandran, her research focuses on comparative state feminism in India and China. 

Ananya Raj Kakoti is a research intern at ICS. She have completed my Masters in International Relations and Area Studies, from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She is currently pursuing a PG Diploma in Human Rights Law from National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. She have previously interned with the United Nations Development Programme.

I Abhyoday, am a Masters student of East Asian Studies at Department of East Asian Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Delhi. I had got my paper on Sino-Indian relations published in FPRC, New Delhi's Quarterly Journal. My areas of interest range from East Asian Security dynamics between Japan and China, Japanese militarization, constructivist approach towards understanding securitization in a region, Japanese & Indian foreign policy and its impact on Indo-Pacific as a whole. During my time at ICS I look forward to working on Japanese Militarization and Japan’s role in the post-pandemic world order.

Pritish Gupta is a Research Intern at the Institute of Chinese Studies. He has completed his Masters in International Relations from O.P. Jindal Global University. His areas of interest are Foreign Policy, the rise of China tech, political meritocracy.

He is currently working on China – North Korea relations.