Nivedita Ray is Director (Research) at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), New Delhi. She has done her Ph.D from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has undertaken research on foreign policy and security issues of Sub-Saharan Africa. Her areas of research interest include Indian Foreign Policy, India-Africa Relations, BRICS, IBSA, South-South Development Cooperation, Indian Diaspora, Maritime Security, Gender and Conflict. She has presented research papers in various national and international seminars in India and abroad. She has contributed articles in journals, chapters in edited books, websites and magazines. She has edited the book Africa and India: A Partnership for Development and Growth and Tagore the Eternal Seeker: Footprints of the World Traveller. She has authored the book India’s Engagement with East Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Her current research project is on ‘African Asian Encounters’.