Dr. Sayantan Ghosal is Consultant at RIS since January 2022. He has been awarded his doctoral degree from the Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2022. 
His research interests include foreign policy, multilateral cooperation, social protection and immigration. At RIS, he has been focusing on various deliberations concerning India’s G20 presidency. He has also been an active member of the team that was the leading the G20 University Connect Lecture Series. At present, he is a member of the DAKSHIN centre that focuses on sharing domestic knowledge and development expertise with the countries of the Global South.

His recent publications are listed as below –

Publications:

• Ghosal, S., & Dash, P. 2025. G20 Work on Infrastructure: An Assessmet. In S. Pathi, New Paradigm of Development: India and the North East (pp. 165-178). New Delhi: Dominant Publishers and Distributors (P) Ltd.
• “Towards A Robust Social Protection System In The Post-Pandemic Era”, TF-6 Policy Brief, T20 India (with Dr. Laura Trajber Waisbich)
• Ghosal, S. 2022. The COVID-19 Pandemic and Immigration - A Case Study of Sweden. International Journal of Responsibility , 36-46.