Books
A list of my completed soon-to-be-published books, as well as the ongoing ones!
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About Ashekar
Hi everyone!
Ashekar Research and Consulting Services brings research, strategy, and practical implementation together for organizations facing complex choices.
The work centers on economic development, business productivity, and AI-enabled systems — helping businesses, communities, and institutions turn uncertainty into clear, evidence-based direction.
From policy questions to operational challenges, each project is approached with analytical depth, practical judgment, and attention to real-world constraints.
AI support includes identifying useful opportunities, customizing tools, improving workflows, evaluating data and models, and helping organizations adopt new systems without losing quality, control, or common sense.
The goal is simple: sharper decisions, smoother services, stronger analysis, and more productive systems.
Available for flexible, project-based consulting, implementation, research, and advisory work on a contract basis.
Ashekar Research and Consulting Services brings research, strategy, and practical implementation together for organizations facing complex choices.
The work centers on economic development, business productivity, and AI-enabled systems — helping businesses, communities, and institutions turn uncertainty into clear, evidence-based direction.
From policy questions to operational challenges, each project is approached with analytical depth, practical judgment, and attention to real-world constraints.
AI support includes identifying useful opportunities, customizing tools, improving workflows, evaluating data and models, and helping organizations adopt new systems without losing quality, control, or common sense.
The goal is simple: sharper decisions, smoother services, stronger analysis, and more productive systems.
Available for flexible, project-based consulting, implementation, research, and advisory work on a contract basis.
Projects
Services
Independent, evidence-driven support across research, policy, economics, and AI.
Data & AI Evaluation
Independent assessment of data pipelines, models, and AI systems.
Writing, Editing & Research Support
Clear, publication-ready writing and analytical support.
Independent Contract Services
Flexible, project-based engagements on a contract basis.
Research Consulting
End-to-end research design, execution, and synthesis for evidence-based decisions.
Policy Analysis
Rigorous assessment of policy options, trade-offs, and downstream impacts.
Economic Analysis
Cost-benefit, market, and impact modeling grounded in sound methodology.
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Persian Art and Poetry: A Thematic 25-Vol. Collection
Poetry stands as the greatest cultural contribution of the Persianate World over the past millennium....
State, Religion, and Sport in Post-Revolution Iran
In post-revolution Iran, the intersection of state, religion, and sport is further complicated by ongoing...
Expanding The Big Book of Verbs Series
The twenty-first century is widely recognized as the Asian Century, given its prominent position in the...
Neologism and Language Policy and Planning
Our era is marked by wild globalization unfolding in various scopes and scales and the burst of human...
Launching An Online Etymological Dictionary of Persian Terminology
In contrast to many major Asian and African languages, Persian has opted to remain the sole language...
Bilingual Dictionaries of English and Persian Transition Words
Over the past seven years, I have dedicated thousands of hours to researching transition words and phrases...
Dicktionary of Vulgarism and Sexual Idioms in Persian
The lexical and idiomatic study of vulgarisms and sexual slang holds significant academic merit for several...
Articles
I write about foreign affairs, religious statecraft, language policy, and cultural studies.
24 April 2025
Don’t Misinterpret U.S.-China GDP Gap
Misjudging economic size and substance underestimates America’s arch-rival and misguides its policies...
10 March 2025
China’s Strategic Endurance in Trump’s Trade Blitz
10 Reasons Beijing Is Well-Positioned to Withstand—and Capitalize on—the U.S. Tariff Offensive By: Ashkan...