Junior Research Fellow

Dr. Manashi Ghosh is a scholar of Ancient Indian Knowledge Systems and holds a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her research focuses on ancient Indian military thought, political traditions, and governance as reflected in classical Sanskrit texts. She also holds an M.Phil. in Ancient Indian Treaty Systems and a Postgraduate Diploma in Sanskrit Manuscriptology and Palaeography. An expert in manuscript studies and conservation, she is proficient in several ancient scripts, including Brāhmī, Newari, and Grantha. Her research interests include indigenous scientific traditions, medical history, temple heritage, and performing arts. She has published widely and presented her work at leading national and international institutions, including IITs and NITs. She is also a practitioner of Gaudiya Nritya and Kathak.

Neha Gupta comes from an interdisciplinary background in water resources, air quality, climate change, flood risk, and environmental resilience. She holds an MTech (by Research) degree in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, and has worked with leading academic and policy-oriented institutions, including the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Kanpur, Hyderabad, and Madras. She also has experience in working with startups and corporates in the field of water risk assessments and for climate-related disclosures. Currently, Neha is a Junior Research Fellow at Bharat ki Soch, and she holds a keen interest in internal security, justice, governance and institutional capacity building.

Priyanka Verma is a Doctoral Candidate in History at Sharda University, having completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Delhi. She is a Junior Research Fellow at Bharat Ki Soch. Her doctoral research focuses on Buddhist monastic law and ethics, with particular interest in the intersections of ethics, philosophy, and semantics. Her broader academic interests engage with Vedic, Upanisadic, and Dharmasastra literature.
She has published in peer-reviewed journals, presented at international conferences, and contributed a book chapter on disability in ancient Indian thought. She has also served as a commissioned report writer for the University of British Columbia’s FROGBEAR program, and holds certificates in Pāli (Nalanda University) and Sanskrit (Central Sanskrit University).