The Institute has been an important host to a number of visiting faculty and doctoral and post-doctoral affiliates. This, and its collaboration on important research projects and other academic programmes such as sponsoring seminars, have resulted in mutually beneficial interaction and association with prestigious academic and development institutions both in India and abroad. The Institute provides affiliation to foreign scholars ranging from six months to one year. Interested scholars can apply either directly or by contacting appropriate faculty members of MIDS. 

List of Present Affiliates

Shobana Shankar, Department of History, Stony Brook University, State University of New York, NY, USA.

Jonathan Steuer, Researcher and PhD Student in Early Modern History at the University of Freiburg, Germany.

Isabelle Reimann, Postgraduate Student in International Development Studies, Department of Geoscience, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.

List of Post-Doctoral Fellows

D Manikandan IAS, District Collector, Karaikal, Puducherry.