Rishi Gupta was a research associate with the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. He completed his MPhil in Foreign Policy Studies from the University of Calcutta and MA in South Asian Studies from Pondicherry University, where he received the South Asia Foundation Group Fellowship. He has been associated with the Asian Institute of Diplomacy and International Affairs (AIDIA), Kathmandu, and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, Sichuan University, China. He worked as a Project Fellow at the Center for Southern Asia Studies, Pondicherry University. Currently, he is completing his PhD at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. His research interests include India-Nepal relations, National Security of Nepal, Nepal-China and Tibet, and Strategic Himalayan Region. He has contributed research papers in edited volumes, journals and is a regular contributor to national dailies- The Pioneer, Deccan Herald, Dainik Jagran, and Rashtriya Sahara.