Ruchita Beri is a Senior Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. Earlier, she served as Senior Research Associate and Centre Coordinator, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and United Nations Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. She has over three decades experience in research on international relations, political economy and security of Sub-Saharan Africa, India–Africa relations and Emerging Powers in Africa and the Indian Ocean region. She is a member of the Africa Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). She serves on the Executive Board of the Forum for Indian Development Cooperation (FIDC). She is the former President of African Studies Association of India (ASA).Ms. Beri has participated in many international conferences and regularly lectures at several institutions in India, such as the National Defence College, Foreign Service Institute, Army War College and the Defence Services Staff College. She was the editor of Africa Trends magazine published by MP-IDSA from 2012- 2023. She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal Africa Review published by Brill, the Editorial Board of Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations published by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the Editorial Advisory Board of Development Cooperation Review published by RIS, New Delhi. She has edited and co-edited several volumes including India and Africa: Deepening the Security Engagement, (Pentagon Press, 2024), India- Africa: Building Synergies in Peace, Security and Development, (Pentagon Press, 2024), Food Governance in India: Rights, Security and Challenges in the Global Sphere (Routledge. 2023) and India and Africa: Common Security Challenges for the Next Decade (Pentagon Press, 2016), India and Africa: Enhancing Mutual Engagement (Pentagon Press, 2014) and Africa and Energy Security: Global Issues, Local Responses (Academic Foundation, 2009). She has also published over 100 articles and book chapters and is a regular contributor to broadcast media. She has an M.Phil. in African Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and an advanced diploma in Conflict Studies from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden.