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Pranay Kotasthane | |
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| Occupations | Public policy researcher, author |
| Employer | Takshashila Institution |
| Known for | Public policy, semiconductor geopolitics, public finance |
| Notable work | Missing in Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy (2023) When the Chips Are Down: A Deep Dive into a Global Crisis (2023) We, The Citizens: Strengthening the Indian Republic (2024) Fiscal Fables: A Citizen's Guide to Public Finance (2026) |
| Website | pranaykotas |
Pranay Kotasthane is an Indian public policy researcher and author. He is deputy director of the Takshashila Institution, a Bengaluru-based think tank, and chairs its High-Tech Geopolitics Programme.[1] He has co-authored four books on Indian public policy, technology geopolitics, and public finance. He co-hosts the Hindi–Urdu podcast Puliyabaazi and co-writes the newsletter Anticipating the Unintended.[2]
Career
[edit]Before joining Takshashila, Kotasthane worked on integrated circuit design for mobile processors.[3] At Takshashila, his research covers semiconductor supply chains, technology geopolitics, and India's technology policy.[3][4] He has co-edited the anthology India's Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World Order (2020), published by the Takshashila Institution.[3]
His work on India's semiconductor policy and the broader US–China technology rivalry has been covered in Rest of World.[5] Bloomberg News quoted him on India's semiconductor manufacturing push in September 2026:
"Semicon in New Delhi is Modi's way of signaling that India has a long-term commitment to growing the chip industry."[6]
He has delivered lectures at the National Defence College, the Army War College, the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and the Indian School of Business, and teaches public finance and technology geopolitics at Takshashila's postgraduate programmes.[7][8]
Books
[edit]Kotasthane has co-authored four books:
- Missing in Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy (2023), with Raghu S. Jaitley, published by Penguin Random House India.[9]
- When the Chips Are Down: A Deep Dive into a Global Crisis (2023), with Abhiram Manchi, published by Bloomsbury Publishing, on the geopolitics of the semiconductor industry.[10]
- We, The Citizens: Strengthening the Indian Republic (2024), with Khyati Pathak and Anupam Manur, a graphic non-fiction primer on Indian public policy, published by Penguin Random House India.[11]
- Fiscal Fables: A Citizen's Guide to Public Finance (2026), with Sarthak Pradhan, published by Penguin Business, discussed on Carnegie Endowment's Grand Tamasha podcast.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Our Team". The Takshashila Institution. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- 1 2 "India's Public Finances, Explained" (Podcast). Grand Tamasha. Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- 1 2 3 "Pranay Kotasthane". The Takshashila Institution. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "Pranay Kotasthane". Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "What the U.S.-China chip war means for India". Rest of World. 2023. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ Bloomberg News (2026-09-17). "Modi Courts Investors With India's $30 Billion Chipmaking Bet". Bloomberg. Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "Talks & Lectures". Pranay Kotasthane (personal website). Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ "Courses". Pranay Kotasthane (personal website). Retrieved 2026-10-03.
- ↑ Kotasthane, Pranay; Jaitley, Raghu S. (2023). Missing in Action: Why You Should Care About Public Policy. Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9780143459378.
- ↑ Kotasthane, Pranay; Manchi, Abhiram (2023). When the Chips Are Down: A Deep Dive into a Global Crisis. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9789356402454.
- ↑ Pathak, Khyati; Manur, Anupam; Kotasthane, Pranay (2024). We, The Citizens: Strengthening the Indian Republic. Penguin Random House India. ISBN 9780143463559.
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