Vishakha Desai

Vishakha N. Desai is a scholar, teacher and institutional leader, with expertise in Asian art and culture and its connection to contemporary issues. She currently serves as Senior Advisor to Columbia Global and Senior Fellow in Global Thought at the Committee on Global Thought at Columbia University, where for over a decade, she has been Senior Advisor for Global Affairs to the President of the university, Senior Research Scholar in Global Studies at its School of International and Public Affairs and Chair of the Committee on Global Thought.