Shreyas Shende is a Senior Research Associate at the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab at Johns Hopkins University. He works on industrial policy and the geopolitics of the energy transition, with a regional focus on India. He was previously at Carnegie India where he managed the Director’s office and worked on South Asian security issues. He has co-authored a book chapter on the Research & Analysis Wing (R&AW), India’s external intelligence agency, and a working paper on the implications of the Taliban’s rise for India. His work has appeared in Lawfare, The Diplomat, ThePrint, South Asian Voices, among other