Dr. Harinder Sekhon was a Consultant (June 2019 - July 2020) at the Vivekananda International Foundation. She was also Senior Fellow at the VIF from October 2014 - June 2019. She has over three decades of research, writing and teaching experience on various aspects of Indo-US relations, US policy and strategy in Asia and regional security challenges in South and East Asia.From 2004 till 2013, she was Senior Fellow, US Studies Programme at the Observer Research Foundation, a New Delhi based Public Policy Think Tank. Before that, Dr. Sekhon worked as an Intelligence and Strategic Analyst with the National Security Council Secretariat, Government of India for two years and was engaged in data analysis and preparing assessments on strategic issues for policy implementation by the Government of India. Dr. Sekhon was Associate Professor of History at MCMDAV College for Women, Chandigarh from 1986 till 1998 and was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at the Centre of Contemporary Studies, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library from 1999 to 2001. She has authored three books: Garland Around My Neck: The Story of Puran Singh of Pingalwara, published by UBS Publishers, New Delhi in 2001, Five Decades of Indo-US Relations: Strategic and Intellectual published by UBS Publishers, New Delhi, in 2002, and India and the United States: Breakthroughs, Prospects and Challenges Ahead published by Macmillan India in 2008. She has presented research papers at several national and international conferences and writes frequently for academic journals and several newspapers on her area of study. She appears frequently on numerous TV channels on panel discussions pertaining to her areas of specialization. Dr. Sekhon graduated in History Honours from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi and has done her MA, M Phil and PhD from Punjab University, Chandigarh.