Rishika Rai

Rishika Rai serves as a Doctoral Candidate at the Karl Jaspers Centre, part of Heidelberg University's Heidelberg Center for Transcultural Studies (HCTS) in Heidelberg, Germany.

Her research aligns with Heidelberg University's Field of Focus 3 'Cultural Dynamics in Globalised Worlds,' which examines transcultural interactions through area studies, cultural heritage research, and global dynamics across three humanities faculties. This interdisciplinary field investigates how cultural identities transform through migration, digitalization, and geopolitical shifts in our increasingly interconnected world.

Rai's work contributes to understanding complex cultural transformations through comparative methodologies that bridge regional expertise with theoretical innovation in transcultural scholarship.