Premesha Saha is a Fellow with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. Her research focuses on Southeast Asia, East Asia, Oceania and the emerging dynamics of the Indo-Pacific region. Premesha’s other research interests include: Indonesia’s maritime strategy, India and Southeast Asia, India’s Act East Policy, Asia-Pacific multilateralism.
Previously she has been an Associate Fellow at the National Maritime Foundation; Indo-Pacific Security Studies (FIPPS) Fellow sponsored by the US State Department at Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), Honululu, Hawaii; Visiting Fellow at Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta; Visiting Fellow at Lemabaga Ilmu Pengetahuan (LIPI) Jakarta; and Darmasiswa Scholar sponsored by the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture at Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta.
Premesha has completed her PhD from the Centre of Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her PhD thesis is titled, ‘Indonesia’s Maritime strategy in the Indian Ocean.’ She has published extensively in peer reviewed journals like Maritime Affairs, The Indonesia Quarterly, The Defence Security Brief, Journal of the Indian Ocean Region, The Washington Quarterly and newspapers and magazines like The Jakarta Post, The Hindu, The Foreign Policy, Australian Financial Review, The Economic Times, The Hindustan Times, Firstpost. She has also published chapters in edited books published by Pentagon Press, Harper Collins.
Expertise
- Eastern Indian Ocean Region
- Southeast Asia
- East Asia
- Oceania
Past Position(s)
- Associate Fellow, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
- Indo-Pacific Security Studies (FIPPS) Fellow, US State Department, Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), Honululu, Hawaii
- Junior Fellow, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi
- Visiting Fellow, Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Jakarta
- Visiting Fellow, Lemabaga Ilmu Pengetahuan (LIPI) Jakarta
- Darmasiswa Scholar, Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, Jakarta
- Research Associate, National Maritime Foundation, New Delhi
Education
- PhD, Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- MPhil, Centre for Southeast Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- MA International Relations, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
- BA Political Science, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata
Language Fluency
- English
- Hindi
- Bengali
- Bahasa Indonesia
