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Doctor of History is Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs of the National Research UniversityHigher School of Economics (NRUHSE) and Honorary Chairman of the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy Russia.

Dr. Shahana Chattaraj is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research New Delhi. She holds a PhD from Princeton University in Public Affairs and a Master's degree from MIT in planning and international development. She has held various fellowships and taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Oxford University consulted at World Bank and worked for several years at the United Nations Population Fund.

Shairee Malhotra is Associate Fellow, Europe with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her areas of work include Indian foreign policy with a focus on EU-India relations, broader strategic developments within Europe, and European politics - both at member state and EU level.

Shairee has several years experience working in Brussels - the headquarters of the European Union, at the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), and at the European External Action Service (EEAS) - the official foreign policy arm of the EU - where she was selected at a success rate of only 1% for non-EU nationals.

Her writings have been featured in Haaretz, Hindustan Times, EU Observer, Brussels Times, South China Morning Post, The Diplomat, South Asian Voices, The National Interest, Deccan Herald, amongst other platforms. Her views have been cited by The Independent, Forbes, Caravan, LSE South Asia Centre, Lowy Institute, Vivekananda International Foundation, Middle East Institute, Stimson Centre, Dawn, Firstpost, Wion, and other news agencies and academia. Some highlights of her career include delivering an in-depth briefing to EU officials at the EEAS preceding the 2019 Indian general election and formulating lectures on Indian foreign policy for the Belgian Navy.

Shairee was recently awarded as a Top 40 Under 40 EU-India Leader by the Europe India Centre for Business & Industry (EICBI) for shaping the growth of EU-India relations.

Dr. Shalini Bhorkar is a Research Fellow at theCentre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adultsat St. Marys University London and she teaches in theM.A (Education International Development and Social Justice)programme.She is also an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute of Education University College London from where she did her PhD in Education and International Development. Her research and practice broadly focus on critical debates in education quality and equity in low- and middle-income countries with an emphasis on the political economy of privatisation in school education.

Dr. Shamika Ravi is currently a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, and Secretary to Government of India. Previously, Dr. Ravi was Director of Research at Brookings India, Vice President Economic Policy at Observer Research Foundation and Non-Resident Senior Fellow of Governance Studies Program at Brookings Institution. Her research focuses on economics of development including areas of Finance, Healthcare, Urbanization, Gender Equality, and Welfare and Poverty.

Shantanu Kishwar is a graduate of Literary and Cultural Studies and International Studies from FLAME University Pune. He interned at ORF between August and November 2017.

Shaonli Chakraborty is a development professional with over 20 years of work experience in various countries in South Asia and Africa. She has led and co-created national and global programmes on womens empowerment and benchmarking on violence prevention in the apparel supply chain. She has co-authored papers and books on gender-based violence gender norms and communications. She has a Masters degree in Environmental Sciences and certificate courses on health and gender. She is Director with the Catalyst Group.