Sohini Bose

Sohini Bose is an Associate Fellow at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), Kolkata with the Strategic Studies Programme. Her area of research is India’s eastern maritime neighbourhood, where she explores connectivity, geopolitics and security concerns in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea. Disaster Management in the Bay and its associated strategic considerations, with an eye on BIMSTEC, is her particular area of interest. She is also nurturing the theme of Blue Economy. Maritime studies aside, she observes developments in Bangladesh as a part of the ORF Neighbourhood Studies Initiative. Sohini is a 2021, US Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellow and a Non-resident Fellow at the National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR), Washington D.C., since January 2022. She is also pursuing her Ph.D. in International Relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.