Pranay Kotasthane
Deputy Director
The Takshashila Institution
Pranay Kotasthane is the deputy director at the Takshashila Institution. He is currently chair Takshashila's high-tech geopolitics programme. Pranay also teaches topics in public policy, international relations, and public finance at Takshashila’s graduate and post-graduate programmes.
His current research focus is semiconductor geopolitics and policy, and he has published papers and articles in leading publications on this topic. His current teaching focus is public policy analysis.
He is also a co-writer for "Anticipating the Unintended," a newsletter on public policy ideas and frameworks and he co-hosts "Puliyabaazi," a popular Hindi-Urdu podcast on politics and policy and technology.
Pranay has also co-edited India’s Marathon: Reshaping the Post-Pandemic World Order.
Recent Publications
Three Ideas for Four Countries Hunting for Chips: What the Quad Must do to Build a Resilient Semiconductor Chain
Given the hyper-global nature of this supply chain, no one country can become fully self-sufficient. For building a reliable, secure semiconductor supply chain, plurilateral partnerships are a necessity and not a choice.
