Khushi Singh Rathore is a Doctoral Candidate in International Politics at the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her doctoral thesis is a study of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit as the first woman diplomat of India. Her research interests are Gender and Diplomacy, Feminist IR, Diplomatic History & International History. Her most recent publication is ‘Excavating Hidden Histories: Indian Women in Early UN History’ in Adami, R., & Plesch, D. Eds. Women and the UN: A New History of Women’s International Human Rights. (Routledge 2021). She is a member-at-large and Chair of the Inclusion and Transformation Committee of the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Section (FTGS) of the International Studies Association (ISA).