The New India Foundation (NIF), based in Bangalore, is a unique non-profit organisation that supports the writing of books on modern India. The NIF Fellowship financially and editorially empowers scholars to write books on post-1947 India.

Hear more about the Fellowship from Nandini Nair, Associate Director, NIF on 09 September, from 5:00–6:00 PM, at the Conference Room, Training Centre. The talk is open to the NLSIU community. Nandini will also be joined by Rahul Matthan, a trustee of the New India Foundation, and an alumnus of NLS (Class of 1994).

About the Speakers

Nandini Nair is the Associate Director of the New India Foundation, and a literary critic. She has been an arts and culture journalist for two decades, having worked previously at Open Magazine and the feature sections of The Hindu and The Indian Express. She founded Talking Books Pune, a monthly book event, to foster serious conversations between authors and readers in an informal setting. To nurture critical thinking, she has also taught a course, Elements of Writing, to postgraduate students in Delhi, Leh, and Nigeria over the last decade.

Rahul Matthan is a partner at Trilegal and leads the firm’s technology practice. He is widely recognised as one of the leading lawyers in the country in all matters relating to technology. After serving for many years on its Management Committee, Rahul is currently a member of Trilegal’s Board. Rahul has increasingly played a significant role in shaping technology policy in the country, having served on a number of government committees in relation to tech policy, including on Non-Personal Data, Artificial Intelligence, and various aspects of Frontier Tech. During India’s G20 Presidency, he served as the DPI Advisor to the Ministry of Finance.

Rahul writes a weekly column on the intersection between technology, society and the law. He has been included in The Print’s list of India’s economic thinkers to watch out for in the next decade and MIT Sloan Management Review’s list of 50 leaders steering and shaping India’s digital economy.