Sohini Bose

Sohini Bose is a Junior 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 U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) Fellow. She is also pursuing her PhD in International Relations from Jadavpur University, Kolkata.

Sohini completed her MPhil on “India’s Maritime Security and the Bay of Bengal: A Geopolitical Analysis” from Jadavpur University in 2018 and her Master’s degree in International Relations in 2016, from the same university. Apart from her regular publications in the ORF platform, her work spans across books published by Routledge, the Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, and dailies such as the Economic Times and Dhaka Tribune. She frequently participates in conferences and seminars and has been a part of various collaborative projects on the Bay of Bengal region, funded by the Government of Japan and Government of Australia.