Work Experience

2016-2026: Research Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.
2006-2016: Associate Fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.

Publications

Nepal: The Making of an Inclusive Constitution-Demands, Debates, Dissents, Pentagon Press, New Delhi, 2025. (ISBN 9788198285737) (Authored)
Strategic Himalayas: Republican Nepal and External Powers, IDSA and Pentagon Press, New Delhi, August 2014. (ISBN 9788182747616) (Authored)
Cooperative Security Framework for South Asia”, IDSA, Pentagon Security International, New Delhi, November 2013. (ISBN 9788182747050) (edited)
Political Changes in Nepal and Bhutan: Emerging Trends in Foreign Policy in Post 2008 Period, MP-IDSA and Knowledge World publishers, 2021. (Monograph). Read More

Received MP- IDSA President’s Excellence Award for Young Scholars 2016.
Projects Undertaken
- Nepal, India and GST: Implications on Bilateral and Transit Trade, funded by BPKF, Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi, 2019.
- Assessing the Impact of Border Infrastructure on Bilateral Trade and the Prevalence of Illegal Trade through the India-Nepal Open Borders, funded by BPKF, Embassy of Nepal, New Delhi, 2026. Read More

Invited to speak at the Prishtina Dialogue Forum on Connecting Regions: Kosovo’s Democratic Journey and the South Asian Perspective, held in Prishtina, Kosovo, in November 2024.
Paper titled “Rohingya Refugees in India: Challenges and Resolutions” was presented at the international conference on Refugees and IDPs in South Asia, held in Kathmandu, May 2015.
Paper presented on “Trans-Himalayan Cooperation: An Indian Perspective” at a regional seminar on Trans-Himalayan Cooperation Beyond Trilateral Discourses, Kathmandu, November 2016.
Invited to speak at the National Seminar on River Water Sharing and Agreements in South Asia, a case study of Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal, organized by ICWA in New Delhi, August 2025. Read More

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