Our Team

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Yogesh Joshi

Director, The India Center

Yogesh Joshi, Ph.D. is the Indian Community Endowed Assistant Professor and Director of The India Center. His research focuses on military technological diffusion among rising powers, conventional military and nuclear strategy, and alliance politics with an empirical focus on India, South Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
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Leila Chacko

Leila Chacko

Director of Public Affairs

Leila Chacko is the Director of Public Affairs for The India Center at UCF. Her responsibilities include overseeing and developing programming for The India Center to broaden the awareness and understanding of contemporary India.
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Arjun Sherugar

Student Office Assistant 

Arjun Sherugar is a Student Office Assistant for The India Center at UCF. He is pursuing his undergraduate degree at UCF, majoring in Computer Science. His responsibilities are to assist with daily office operations. Additionally, he prepares for campus events and assists professional staff with reports and special projects as needed.

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Andy Pham

Student Office Assistant 

Andy Pham is a Student Office Assistant for The India Center at UCF. He is pursuing his undergraduate degree at UCF, majoring in Health Sciences Pre-clinical, on the pre-dental path at UCF. He is responsible for daily administrative operations of The India Center.