THE CHAITANYA TEAM
Dr. Swarna Rajagopalan , the founder and Director of Chaitanya--The Policy Consultancy, holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1998). She is also the Honorary Director of Prajnya Initiative for Peace Justice and Security, Chennai.
Subhashini Selvanathan, Administrative Assistant, graduated from SIET College, Chennai.
Associate
Dr. Sudha Rajagopalan received her Ph.D. in History at Indiana University, Bloomington. A Soviet specialist, she also has an interest in Central Asia and was responsible for the Central Asia Chronicle, a Chaitanya initiative that she now hosts at her own site, Historian at work .
Affiliates
Rachel Shubert was Chaitanya’s first intern, working with us in 2005-06. She graduated with high honors in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is presently studying Comparative and International Studies in Zurich, Switzerland.
Nandhini Parthib , Chaitanya Research Intern, 2006-07, is a graduate of Women's Christian College, Chennai and holds a post-graduate diploma in journalism from the Asian College of Journalism.
Gokul C., Subcontinent South Intern, 2007, is a Master’s student at Anna University’s Media Sciences Programme. He works as a PANOS Radio Correspondent based in New Delhi.
Anjale Stephanos was the Program and Logistics Coordinator of the MSU-Chaitanya Summer Study Program in 2008. She is currently completing her graduate studies in management at Missouri State University.