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Leadership

Fellow

Kapil Sharma

Acting Senior Director and Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

Staff

Uzair Younus

Director, Pakistan Initiative

South Asia Center

Economy & Business English
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Staff

Srujan Palkar

Program Assistant

South Asia Center

China Energy & Environment

Experts

Fellow

Javid Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Terrorism Security & Defense

Fellow

Rabia Akhtar

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nuclear Deterrence Security & Defense

Fellow

Kamal Alam

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Afghanistan English

Fellow

Adnan Ahmad Ansari

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

Fellow

Farieha Aziz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Civil Society Indo-Pacific

Fellow

Ridhika Batra

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Ketki Bhagwati

Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Technology & Innovation

Fellow

Yelena Biberman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Terrorism Security & Defense

Fellow

Ahsan Butt

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Energy & Environment Nationalism

Former fellow

Shamila N. Chaudhary

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Political Reform Security & Defense

Fellow

Ajay Chhibber

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

James B. Cunningham

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Democratic Transitions Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Edmond Fernandes

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Resilience & Society Crisis Management

Fellow

Kyle J. Gardner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bangladesh Digital Policy

Fellow

Safiya Ghori-Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Rule of Law Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Sahar Halaimzai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Civil Society Human Rights

Fellow

Erum Haider

Assistant Professor, Political Science and Environmental Studies, The College of Wooster

South Asia Center

Civil Society Economy & Business

Fellow

Hameed Hakimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Migration Security & Defense

Fellow

Ali Hasanain

Associate Professor of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences

South Asia Center

Indo-Pacific Pakistan

Fellow

Ammar Habib Khan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

Fellow

Wajahat Khan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Extremism Pakistan

Fellow

Fahmida Khatun

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bangladesh Climate Change & Climate Action

Fellow

Kalsoom Lakhani

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Entrepreneurship Civil Society

Fellow

Mark Linscott

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Trade International Markets

Fellow

Cameron Munter

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center South Asia Center

National Security Conflict

Fellow

Gopal Nadadur

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

Fellow

Vali Nasr

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Economy & Business

Fellow

Shuja Nawaz

Distinguished Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Irfan Nooruddin

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Elections Economy & Business

Fellow

Anand Raghuraman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business International Markets

Fellow

Roya Rahmani

Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Afghanistan Dari

Fellow

Ali Riaz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Media Non-Traditional Threats

Fellow

Nilofar Sakhi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Afghanistan Arabic

Former staff

Harris A. Samad

Former Associate Director

South Asia Center

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Security & Defense

Fellow

Omar Samad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Democratic Transitions Conflict

Fellow

Rudabeh Shahid

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Human Rights Civil Society

Fellow

M. Osman Siddique

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bengali Crisis Management

Fellow

Harsha Vardhana Singh

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Trade

Fellow

Marika Theros

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Politics & Diplomacy

Fellow

Ashutosh Varshney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nationalism Elections

Fellow

Atman Trivedi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Corruption

Former fellow

Richard Verma

Former Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

Fellow

Amita N. Vyas

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Migration Human Rights

Fellow

Sofyan Yusufi

Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Financial Regulation Technology & Innovation

Staff

Uzair Younus

Director, Pakistan Initiative

South Asia Center

Economy & Business English

The South Asia Center (SAC) is the hub for the Atlantic Council’s analysis of the political, social, geographical, and cultural diversity of the region. ​

At the intersection of South Asia and its geopolitics, SAC cultivates dialogue to shape policy and forge ties between the region and the global community.

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