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All Things Policy

Takshashila Institution

Ever wondered how automation will change the world? Maybe you puzzle over what India could do to ease traffic congestion, or how China"s aircraft carriers will transform Indian Ocean geopolitics? All Things Policy, a daily podcast brought to you by the Takshashila Institution, brings you all the answers. Every weekday, our researchers break down complex economic and geopolitical ideas through the lens of current events. For everyone from the busy executive to the curious student, All Things Policy

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00:36:42

The Iran Brief: Pakistan's Moment in West Asia

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2026/04/24

Pakistan finds itself in a critical mediatory position as the US and Iran navigate a fragile ceasefire, and add to that, decades of mistrust. Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir is engaging across Washington, Tehran, Riyadh, and Beijing, even as Islamabad manages complex dynamics with neighbours like Afghanistan and India.In this episode of The Iran Brief, Aishwaria Sonavane speaks with Anand Arni to unpack the drivers behind Pakistan’s mediation push, the strategic gains it seeks, and the

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00:32:26

Trust Before Policy: Why Communities Matter

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2026/04/23

In a society marked by a trust deficit, even the best solutions run into limits. This episode explores how intentional, hyper-local communities can lower transaction costs, unlock participation, and improve public outcomes.Malathi Renati and Sowmya Prabhakar unpack the role of culture, community, and grassroots action in building social capital and why, without it, policy alone rarely delivers.Are you passionate about shaping India's future? Keen to find solutions for India's most pressing

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00:24:06

AI-Powered Cyber Defence and Offence

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2026/04/22

Anthropic just revealed an AI model that found a 27-year-old bug in one of the world's most secure operating systems. In this episode, Col KPM Das and Bharath Reddy discuss the implications when vulnerability discovery just got automated at scale.Check out Takshashila's brand-new offering - an Expert Capsule Course on the Politics and Policy of Critical Minerals - school.takshashila.org.in/politics-and-policy-of-critical-mineralsAll Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought

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00:23:13

SMR for India's Energy Security

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2026/04/21

Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) represent a significant technological shift in nuclear power generation, offering scaled-down versions of traditional nuclear reactors with output capacities between 20 and 300 MW. In this episode, Bhumika Sevkani and Anwesha Sen examine the increasing importance of SMRs, their distinction from conventional nuclear power plants, the emerging economic evidence surrounding their viability, critical components and supply chain vulnerabilities, and India's approach to

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00:26:46

How India Counts its Future

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2026/04/20

India’s Census 2027 promises to be more than just a population count. With digital tools, geospatial mapping, and innovations like DigiPin, it could fundamentally change how the Indian state collects and understands population data. But what makes this census different from previous exercises? And how could better spatial data improve planning, infrastructure, and governance? In this episode of All Things Policy, Dr Y. Nithyanandam and Astha Rastogi unpack the science and systems behind India’s

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00:34:28

AI Enters the Classroom: What Indian Schools Need to...

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2026/04/17

AI isn't coming to Indian schools; it's already there, and students are embracing it. But is the Indian school system ready? Survey findings by Center of Policy Research and Governance (CPRG) reveal how AI tools are transforming academic habits and their impact on exam preparation, time management, performance, and overall learning journeys. Carl Jaison speaks to Pranav Gupta, PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley.Check out Takshashila's brand-new offering - an Expert

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00:26:30

The Iran Brief: West Asia in Historical Perspective

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2026/04/16

In this conversation, Professor Kingshuk Chatterjee joins Aishwaria Sonavane to place the current West Asian conflict in its deeper historical context. The discussion explores the argument that West Asia is facing a structural crisis and examines how this breakdown manifests in ongoing conflicts across Lebanon, Gaza, and Iran. The conversation also traces the ideological legacy of the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and assesses how much of its revolutionary worldview continues to shape Iranian foreign

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00:37:04

India’s Sporting Achilles’ Heel: Age Fraud, Doping,...

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2026/04/15

Is India's sports integrity on the line? Listen to the latest podcast: "India’s Sporting Achilles’ Heel: Age Fraud, Doping, Coaching Gaps"Malathi Renati (Head of Policy School, Takshashila) converses with the experienced sports journalist G Rajaraman, who has 40+ years as a sports communication specialist and was the Paris 2024 Olympics Media Attaché. From grassroots age cheats dominating juniors to doping scandals (India is #1 globally for 3 yrs running) and setbacks in coaching, this

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00:40:02

A Blueprint for City Finance in India

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2026/04/14

Cities are the engines of economic growth - generating the bulk of GDP, driving innovation, and shaping the everyday lived experience of millions. Yet in India, cities are constrained in terms of power, finances, and accountability.In this episode, Sarthak Pradhan speaks with Prabhat Kumar, who discusses Janaagraha’s Municipal Finance Blueprint submitted to the 16th Finance Commission and unpacks the state of urban governance in India.The Municipal Finance Blueprint submitted to the 16th Finance

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00:23:24

BIRSA101 and The Future Of Gene Therapy In India

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2026/04/13

November 2025 saw the launch of BIRSA 101- India’s first indigenous CRISPR-based gene therapy for sickle cell disease. What does this mean for affordable gene therapy, disease reduction and the research ecosystem in India? Shambhavi Naik explains some interesting aspects of this in this conversation with Suman Joshi.Check out Takshashila's brand-new offering - an Expert Capsule Course on the Politics and Policy of Critical Minerals. Early-bird applications close April 12th -

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00:34:18

Artemis II and Return To The Moon

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2026/04/10

Amid the bleak news coverage of the projectile war in West Asia, there was one development that served as a glimmer of hope for humanity at large. NASA’s Artemis 2 mission, which took astronauts from the US and Canada on a flyby of the moon, came about after a long interregnum and also took humans the farthest from Earth. To discuss the mission technicalities, history and some larger questions about the moon and space, tech geopolitics researcher Lokendra Sharma is joined by military historian

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00:57:23

The Iran Brief: The US-Iran Air & Missile Campaigns

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2026/04/09

The opening campaign of the US/Israeli - Iran War has witnessed an asymmetric fight between the two parties, playing to their different strengths. The US and Israel relied heavily on airpower and widespread degradation and breaking the will of the population, while Iran has focused on selective missile bombardment and drone attacks for strategic leverage. How are the two parties faring? Join our military experts for a deep dive into the air and missile campaign, and their wider implications,

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00:47:16

NavIC - Navigation, Power, Sovereignty

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2026/04/08

Navigation satellites are invisible infrastructure - until they aren't. In an era where GPS signals are being jammed over conflict zones, spoofed to sink ships, and denied to adversaries in wartime, controlling your own navigation system has become a marker of true strategic sovereignty. India built NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) for exactly this reason. But today, the system is barely functional - crippled by atomic clock failures, delayed launches, and years of institutional

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00:29:14

The Quiet Decline of NavIC: India’s Geospatial...

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2026/04/07

Following the failure of the last atomic clock on IRNSS-1F, India’s homegrown navigation system, NavIC, has fallen below operational strength. In this episode, Kavya Rai sits down with Dr. Y. Nithiyanandam to discuss why this "invisible" infrastructure failure threatens India's ₹1 lakh crore geospatial economy and what it means for our strategic autonomy.All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution,

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00:39:43

The Iran Brief: Chink in the CRINK

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2026/04/06

In this episode of the Iran Brief of Takshashila’s All Things Policy podcast, Amit Kumar discusses with Anushka Saxena the reactions of three of the so-called "CRINK" countries - China, Russia and North Korea - to the war of their fourth counterpart, Iran. They talk about potential military and dual-use relations within the CRINK, and how US and Israel's actions may be changing their calculus towards their own regional ambitions and disputes. All Things Policy is a daily podcast on

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00:27:21

Charting a Shared Maritime Future

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2026/04/02

As the Indian Ocean grows in strategic importance, India and Australia are increasingly seen as key partners in shaping its future. In this episode, Vanshika Saraf speaks with Rushali Saha on how the two countries can move beyond parallel engagement towards a more coordinated maritime partnership, with a focus on non-traditional security challenges and regional capacity-building.All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution,

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00:24:52

The Iran Brief: Why Is US Congress Failing To Stop...

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2026/04/01

In this episode of the All Things Policy podcast, Abhishek Kadiyala and Bhumika Sevkani examine why the US Congress has repeatedly failed to restrain President Trump’s military actions in Iran, despite multiple attempts to invoke its constitutional authority. The conversation centres on the War Powers Resolution of 1973 and how it was designed to limit unilateral presidential war-making. Tracing legislative efforts, including resolutions introduced by Tim Kaine, Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, and most

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00:23:22

The Iran Brief: Does the AI Boom Run Through the...

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2026/03/31

What happens to the AI boom when data centres become military targets? Shobhankita Reddy and Bharath Reddy discuss how the Iran war is stress-testing AI supply chains — from helium shortages and energy dependencies to the future of Gulf data centre investments and the profitability of frontier AI.All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy brought to you by the Takshashila Institution,

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00:28:10

Data, Decisions, and the Future of Farming

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2026/03/30

AgriStack represents India’s ambition to build a digital public infrastructure for agriculture, linking farmer, land, and crop data to improve credit, insurance, and market access. But how ready is the state to build and govern such a system at scale? In this episode, Astha Rastogi and Arindam Goswami explore what it takes to operationalise AgriStack, the role of AI and data, and what this means for the future of India’s agricultural ecosystem.All Things Policy is a daily podcast on public policy

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00:42:53

The Iran Brief: The Saga of Iranian Nuclear Programme

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2026/03/27

For decades, the Iranian nuclear programme has caused consternation in Western capitals. Despite US and Israeli efforts involving negotiations, cyber and aerial bombing over the years, Iran has managed to get to a stage where it has about 440 kgs of 60 per cent enriched uranium. In this episode of All Things Policy special series on Iran, tech geopolitics researcher Lokendra Sharma sits down with military historian Aditya Ramanathan and military tech researcher Adya Madhavan to discuss the past,

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