I am a first year MA International Relations students at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. My functional focus is on Security, Strategy and Statecraft and regional focus is in Asia. I am also a student of Mandarin and serve as an assistant editor is the SAIS Review Journal. Previously I was employed by the Ananta Aspen Centre (formerly Aspen India) in New Delhi were I focus on programming track 2 dialogues on the I2U2 and India-East Africa relations. Apart from my professional interests, I am a former competitive swimmer, full-time podcast consumer and occasionally play the guitar.