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Leadership

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Fellow

Kapil Sharma

Acting Senior Director and Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

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Former staff

Uzair Younus

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business English

Srujan Palkar's image for the Atlantic Council website

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Staff

Srujan Palkar

Program Assistant

South Asia Center

China Energy & Environment

Experts

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Fellow

Javid Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Terrorism Security & Defense

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Fellow

Rabia Akhtar

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nuclear Deterrence Security & Defense

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Fellow

Kamal Alam

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Afghanistan English

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Fellow

Adnan Ahmad Ansari

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Digital Currencies Digital Policy

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Former fellow

Farieha Aziz

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Civil Society Indo-Pacific

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Fellow

Ridhika Batra

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

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Fellow

Ketki Bhagwati

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Technology & Innovation

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Fellow

Yelena Biberman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Terrorism Security & Defense

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Fellow

Ahsan Butt

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Energy & Environment Nationalism

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Former fellow

Shamila N. Chaudhary

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Political Reform Security & Defense

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Fellow

Ajay Chhibber

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

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Fellow

James B. Cunningham

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Democratic Transitions Politics & Diplomacy

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Fellow

Edmond Fernandes

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Resilience & Society Crisis Management

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Fellow

Kyle J. Gardner

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bangladesh Digital Policy

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Fellow

Safiya Ghori-Ahmad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Rule of Law Politics & Diplomacy

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Fellow

Sahar Halaimzai

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Civil Society Human Rights

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Fellow

Erum Haider

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

South Asia Center

Civil Society Economy & Business

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Fellow

Hameed Hakimi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Migration Security & Defense

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Former fellow

Ali Hasanain

Associate Professor of Economics, Lahore University of Management Sciences

South Asia Center

Indo-Pacific Pakistan

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Former fellow

Ammar Habib Khan

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business Indo-Pacific

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Fellow

Wajahat Khan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Extremism Pakistan

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Fellow

Fahmida Khatun

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bangladesh Climate Change & Climate Action

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Former fellow

Kalsoom Lakhani

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Entrepreneurship Civil Society

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Fellow

Mark Linscott

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Trade International Markets

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Fellow

Cameron Munter

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center South Asia Center

National Security Conflict

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/600_0037_Gopal-Nadadur-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/600_0037_Gopal-Nadadur-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/600_0037_Gopal-Nadadur-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/600_0037_Gopal-Nadadur-250x250.jpg 250w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/600_0037_Gopal-Nadadur.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Fellow

Gopal Nadadur

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business India

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Fellow

Vali Nasr

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Economy & Business

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Fellow

Shuja Nawaz

Distinguished Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Politics & Diplomacy

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Former fellow

Irfan Nooruddin

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Elections Economy & Business

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1-225x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1-525x700.jpg 525w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Anand-Raghuraman-4x3-1.jpg 1363w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Anand Raghuraman

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Economy & Business International Markets

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-225x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1-525x700.jpeg 525w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Roya-Rahmani-4x3-1.jpeg 1706w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Roya Rahmani

South Asia Center

Afghanistan Dari

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="149" height="200" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Riaz_Ali4x3.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" />

Fellow

Ali Riaz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Media Non-Traditional Threats

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GYfW6WsU_400x400-300x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GYfW6WsU_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GYfW6WsU_400x400-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GYfW6WsU_400x400-250x250.jpg 250w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GYfW6WsU_400x400.jpg 399w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />

Fellow

Nilofar Sakhi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Afghanistan Arabic

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="224" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-11-at-7.57.41-PM-e1664850069403-224x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-11-at-7.57.41-PM-e1664850069403-224x300.jpeg 224w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-11-at-7.57.41-PM-e1664850069403-523x700.jpeg 523w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WhatsApp-Image-2022-06-11-at-7.57.41-PM-e1664850069403.jpeg 742w" sizes="(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px" />

Former staff

Harris A. Samad

Former Associate Director

South Asia Center

Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding Security & Defense

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="158" height="210" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/omar_samad4x3.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" />

Fellow

Omar Samad

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Democratic Transitions Conflict

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rudabeh-Shahid4x3-225x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rudabeh-Shahid4x3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rudabeh-Shahid4x3-526x700.jpeg 526w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Rudabeh-Shahid4x3.jpeg 637w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Rudabeh Shahid

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Human Rights Civil Society

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/M._Osman_Siddique4x3-225x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/M._Osman_Siddique4x3-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/M._Osman_Siddique4x3-525x700.jpg 525w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/M._Osman_Siddique4x3.jpg 556w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

M. Osman Siddique

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Bengali Crisis Management

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hvs4x3-225x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hvs4x3-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/hvs4x3.jpg 337w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Harsha Vardhana Singh

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Trade

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="227" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_12f2-227x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_12f2-227x300.jpeg 227w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/fullsizeoutput_12f2.jpeg 373w" sizes="(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px" />

Fellow

Marika Theros

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Politics & Diplomacy

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ashutosh-Varshney-225x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ashutosh-Varshney-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Ashutosh-Varshney.jpeg 300w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Ashutosh Varshney

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Nationalism Elections

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtmanTrivedi4x3-225x300.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtmanTrivedi4x3-225x300.jpg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/AtmanTrivedi4x3.jpg 378w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Fellow

Atman Trivedi

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Security & Defense Corruption

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RichardVerma4x3-225x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RichardVerma4x3-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RichardVerma4x3-525x700.jpeg 525w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/RichardVerma4x3.jpeg 665w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Former fellow

Richard Verma

Former Senior Advisor

South Asia Center

Politics & Diplomacy Security & Defense

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="188" height="250" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AmitaVyas4x3.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" />

Fellow

Amita N. Vyas

Nonresident Senior Fellow

South Asia Center

Migration Human Rights

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="226" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sofyan-4x3-1-226x300.png" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sofyan-4x3-1-226x300.png 226w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Sofyan-4x3-1.png 288w" sizes="(max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px" />

Fellow

Sofyan Yusufi

South Asia Center

Financial Regulation Technology & Innovation

<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="225" height="300" src="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1-225x300.jpeg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1-525x700.jpeg 525w, https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Uzair-Portrait-1.jpeg 1285w" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" />

Former staff

Uzair Younus

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow

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.