,Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Sikkim University, Gangtok, hails from Darjeeling, North Bengal. She earned her bachelor’s degree with honours in Political Science from Lady Broabourne College, master’s degree in International Relations from Jadavpur University, and doctorate from North Bengal University. Her thesis is titled “India’s Nuclear Policy: A Constructivist Approach”. She has served the West Bengal Education Service as an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Kushmindi Government College and Gorubathan Government. Her areas of interest are IR theory, security and strategic studies, border studies, and India’s foreign policy. She has international and national publications to her credit.