DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | An Online International Autumn School Program | A Four-Month Immersive Online Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | July-October 2025 | IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning
Fellows List & Details
| DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0 | |||
| An Online International Autumn School Program | |||
| A Four-Month Online Immersive Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program | |||
| July (17, 24, 31) Aug (7, 14, 21, 28) Sept (4, 11, 18) Oct (2, 9), 2025 | |||
| Classes on Consecutive Thursdays & Creative Project Research Essay Submission | |||
| 6 – 8 p.m. IST | Zoom | |||
| IMPRI #WebPolicyLearning | |||
| Name | Organisation | Occupation | Location |
| Aastha Vandana | Student | Student | Bengaluru |
| Advika Medha Achar | None | Student | Bengaluru |
| Anusha C | AI4Bharat. IIT Madras | Working professional | Bengaluru |
| Anwita Pandey | Ambience Public School, Gurugram | Student | Gurugram, Haryana |
| Chaarulatha V | Sastra Deemed to be University | Student | Chennai |
| Chetanprakash Kaushik | Student | Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur | Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| ETWICQK NAIBEDYA | Department of Health and Family welfare | Doctor | Bhubaneswar |
| Farhan Ahmed | Johns Hopkins University | Student | Washington DC |
| Fatma Chanda | Student (masters in political science) | Delhi University | Student |
| Gauri Gupta | Student | Indian Institute of technology Madras and Stella Maris College | Chennai |
| Harsh Bohra | St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi | Student | New Delhi |
| Harshdeep Roshan | TAPMI Manipal | Student | Lucknow |
| Ilma Samir | Research Intern | Impact and Policy Research Institute | Working professional |
| Jigyanshu Bhatt | – | – | Student |
| Kauntey Suryavanshi | N/A | Student | Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. |
| Kedar Chandrakant Bhasme | Student & Researcher | National Law School of India University (NLSIU) & International Women’s Initiative (IWI) | Kolhapur |
| Khushboo Sao | Nil | Student | Delhi |
| Prabhu S | upsc | Student | CHENNAI TAMILNADU |
| Pranjal Pratap Singh | Kirori Mal College , University of Delhi | Student | Bala Paikauli , Ambedkar Nagar |
| Pujithaa Sheryl Arunraj | Loyola College/IESEG School of Management | Student | Chennai |
| Purvi Narayan | Visiting Researcher | IMPRI | New Delhi |
| R Sonali Devi | Loyola College,Chennai | Student | Chennai |
| Raghavi Luthra | Student | Step By Step School, Noida | Noida |
| Raveena Shivashankar | NA | Student | Navi Mumbai |
| Ridhi Nilesh Nighozkar | SVKM’s Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics | Student | Mumbai, India |
| Rishya Dharmani | Research Fellow International Council on Human Rights, Peace and Politics | Student | Chandigarh |
| Saswata Ghosh | Post Graduate Student, School of International Relations & Strategic Studies | Jadavpur University | Researcher |
| Satish Kumar Meher | Medical officer | Health and Family welfare, Gov of Odisha | Working professional |
| Savinay Dongre | IIM Sirmaur | Student | Nagpur |
| Shree Gupta | Student | Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law | Lucknow |
| Siddharth Malik | Student | National Law University Delhi | Student |
| Siddhi Shinde | Government Law College | Student | Mumbai |
| Sidharth Patra | St. Columba’s School | Student | New Delhi |
| Srishti Shenoy | Student | St. Philomena autonomous college | Puttur, karnataka |
| Tannu Arora | Confederation of Indian Industry ( CII) | Working professional | Central Delhi |
| Tashvi Chawla | University of Mumbai | Student | Bhopal |
| Upal Mitra | Jadavpur University | Student | City- Kolkata |
| Vaanya Kalra | N/A | Student | New Delhi |
| Vaibhav Das | Hindu College, University of Delhi | Student | Delhi |
| Vaishnavi Sharma | Devm digital | Student who Freelances for projects | Ghaziabad |
| Varalika Raizada | Research Intern | IMPRI India | Researcher |
| Vivetha Jayaseelan | University of York, IIGL | Student | Chennai |
| Wakhare Hrishikesh Chandrashekhar | Chief Minister’s Skill Development Fellow | Odisha Government | Working professional |
IMPRI Center for International Relations and Strategic Studies, IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, invites you to #WebPolicyLearning
An Online International Autumn School Program
A Three-Month Immersive Online Introductory Leadership Certificate Training Fellowship Program on
DFPGYF Diplomacy, Foreign Policy & Geopolitics Youth Fellowship- Cohort 2.0
Details of the #WebPolicyLearning:
Dates: July (17, 24, 31) Aug (7, 14, 21, 28) Sept (4, 11, 18) Oct (2, 9), 2025
Classes on consecutive Thursday evenings
Time: 6 – 8 p.m. IST
Platform: Zoom & Research Essay Writing
Event Details: https://www.impriindia.com/event/dfpgyf-diplomacy-foreign-policy-geopolitics-youth-fellowship-cohort-2-0/
Program Experts

Chair: Prof Swaran Singh, Professor and Chairperson, Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi
Co-Chair: Prof Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Retired Professor, International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata; Visiting Professor, IMPRI
Co-Chair: Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Session Experts
Ambassador Shashank, (IFS, Retd.), Former Foreign Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs, India
Ambassador Latha Reddy, (IFS, Retd.) Former Deputy National Security Adviser of India; Indian Ambassador to Portugal and Thailand; Co-Chairman, Global Commission on Stability in Cyberspace (TBC)
Ambassador Anil Trigunayat, (IFS, Retd.) Former Indian Ambassador to Jordan, Libya, and Malta; Distinguished Fellow and Head of the West Asia Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation; Visiting Distinguished Fellows IMPRI.
Major Gen. (Dr) P K Chakravorty, VSM (Retd), Strategic Thinker on Security Issues
Prof Srikanth Kondapalli, Dean, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Prof Meenal Shrivastava, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Political Economy and Global Studies at Athabasca University, Canada
Prof Prabir De, Professor, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi
Mr Don McLain Gill, Philippines-based geopolitical analyst author and lecturer at the Department of International Studies De La Salle University (DLSU)
Prof Sanjukta Bhattacharya, Retired Professor, International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Dr Parama Sinhapalit, Visiting Research Scholar, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), USA
Convenors
Dr Arjun Kumar, Director, IMPRI
Dr Simi Mehta, CEO & Editorial Director, IMPRI
Coordinators
Swetha Shanker Pydimarry, Visiting Researcher & Assistant Editor
Reet Lath, Visiting Researcher & Assistant Editor
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