Lakshmy is an Associate Fellow with ORF’s Centre for New Economic Diplomacy.
Her work focuses on the intersection of biotechnology, health, and international relations, with a specific focus on global health security, biosecurity, and diplomacy.
Lakshmy previously worked as a researcher and an educator, and is a regular contributor to publications, including Nature India and Down to Earth.
Lakshmy earned her MA in International Relations from King’s College London, where her dissertation delved into the role of political actors and the media in framing Covid-19 as a security threat in India. She also holds a BSc and an MSc in Biomedical Science from the University of Adelaide and Manipal University, respectively. Lakshmy’s MSc dissertation explored the development of a vaccine candidate against dengue virus and culminated in the publication of a peer-reviewed journal article in Viral Immunology.
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Commentaries
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Dec 16, 2025Strengthening the BWC at 50: India’s Strategic Opportunity
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Sep 22, 2025Navigating Tariffs: Securing Medicines and Safeguarding Innovation
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Jul 31, 2025BRICS and the rewriting of global health diplomacy in a post-US era
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Jul 01, 2025Global Health Diplomacy in a Post-COVID World
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Jun 02, 2025Resolution to Strengthen India’s Health Preparedness Framework
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May 18, 2025The case for a resounding framework for AI-biotech convergence
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Apr 06, 2025India’s Guillain-Barré Syndrome outbreak lays bare the dangers of water contamination
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Dec 18, 2024Mpox Outbreak — why it's the right time to initiate vaccine production under BioE3 and Bio-RIDE
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Aug 30, 2024Bolstering health security measures in response to Nipah