Dr Swati Prabhu is Associate Fellow with the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy (CNED). Her research explores the interlinkages between India’s development partnerships in South Asia and Africa and the Sustainable Development Agenda. Swati’s broader research interests encompass climate change and environment, sustainability, and development cooperation. Swati’s PhD deals with the European Union’s development cooperation and environment, focusing on the challenges of the SDGs.
Prior to ORF, Swati was Junior Fellow at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata, where she examined India’s development partnership and environment in South Asia. As an Erasmus+ Mobility Fellow, in 2018, she visited the Department of Political Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona, Spain. Swati has authored a policy paper titled ‘Enhancing EU-India Multilateral Cooperation at the United Nations High Table.’ The paper was selected among the top 11 by the EU-India Think Tanks Twinning Initiative (2020-22).
Expertise
- Development Partnerships
- India-EU Relations
- Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Past Position(s)
- Junior Fellow, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata
- Assistant Editor, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi
Education
- PhD, Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- MPhil, Centre for European Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- MA Politics (with specialisation in International Relations), School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
- BA Political Science, Hindu College, University of Delhi
Language Fluency
- English
- Hindi
- Konkani
