Anurag Anand is currently pursuing a post graduate diploma in journalism at the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai, India. His research interests include South Asian geopolitics and India's foreign policy. Prior to XIC, he was a Milaap Fellow, as part of which he traveled to India's north-eastern state of Manipur and wrote human interest and culture stories. He has also worked for Tata Consultancy Services as a continuity engineer. He holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum, India.