Prof. (Dr.) Sriparna Pathak is a Professor of China Studies, and the founding Director of the Centre for Northeast Asian Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University, (JGU) Haryana, India. She also serves in the capacity of a Senior Fellow, at the Jindal India Institute. Additionally, she is also an Associate Director at the Motwani Jadeja Institute of American Studies at JGU. She teaches courses on Foreign Policy of China as well as Theories of International Relations. Her latest book is titled, ‘Strategic Evolution of QUAD from ‘Ocean Froth’ to Asian NATO’ (2026). Her previous work experience covers Universities like Gauhati University, Don Bosco University; the Ministry of External Affairs; think tanks like Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi and Kolkata respectively, and the Centre for Armed Forces Historical Research in New Delhi.

She is also associated with Taiwan’s Doublethink Lab, as a regional partner, and works on tracking China’s influence operations. She is a recipient of the prestigious CITW Community Fund from Taipei’s Doublethink Lab. She has also been a recipient of the prestigious joint fellowship from India’s Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) and the China Scholarship Council.

Chayanika is a geopolitical risk analyst and researcher with over a decade of experience navigating complex international security landscapes. She currently serves as a Strategic Analyst at Save the Children Australia, where she focuses on regional foresight and the humanitarian impacts of global conflict.

Prior to her current role, Chayanika spent three years as an embedded consultant at Meta, specializing in risk monitoring and strategic analysis for South and Central Asia, and ANZ region. Her professional expertise is deeply rooted in PESTEL risk frameworks, international security, and the geopolitical dynamics of regions including Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Iran.

Chayanika completed her PhD from the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore.

Rushali Saha is a Maitri Fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, supported by the Centre for Australia-India Relations. She serves as the Asia Desk Team Lead at Horizon Intelligence, a Belgium-based threat intelligence firm, and is an independent researcher specializing in Indo-Pacific geopolitics. A regular foreign affairs columnist, her work focuses on the intersection of Indian foreign policy and regional security dynamics.

Dr. B Poornima is a Geopolitical Risk Analyst. She completed her PhD (UGC-JRF) on the protracted social conflict in Yemen from the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), in 2024. Her major research areas include the Middle East & North Africa, South & Central Asia, India’s Foreign Policy and International Security.