Sriparna Pathak is an Associate Fellow at ORF Kolkata. She obtained her PhD from the Centre for East Asian Studies (Chinese Studies), Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She has been awarded fellowships by the Governments of China and India for her research. Prior to working with ORF, she was Researcher at UNICEF, Madhya Pradesh; Researcher at Center for Armed Forces Historical Research, New Delhi; the Indian Express, New Delhi; and the Avenue Mail, Jamshedpur.