Kumari Mansi

Dr. Mansi is an assistant professor and co-ordinator for the Centre for BRICS Studies at Amity University Haryana, India. She also serves as Deputy Director of the Indo-Pacific Studies Centre, an Australia-based regional think tank, and has been appointed as an Honorary Research Associate at the Indo-Pacific Research Centre, Murdoch University, Australia (2024–2027). 

Additionally, she chairs the India Chapter of the National Youth Movement for the West Philippines (South China) Sea. She is a recipient of several prestigious fellowships, including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Taiwan Fellowship (2023), Ministry of Education (Taiwan) Short Term research Award (2022) at Postdoctoral level, and grants under the Shastri Indo-Canadian Students Mobility Program (2012) and Shastri Indo-Canadian Knowledge Grant (2015).

Dr. Mansi holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in Canadian Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, along with master’s degrees in French and political science. She has presented at numerous national and international conferences, delivered lectures at various universities and forums, and published in the form of policy briefs, book chapters, research articles, and media analyses.

Her research interests include Indo-Pacific geopolitics, maritime security, foreign policy (India and Canada), and India-Canada relations. She has also contributed to various media outlets as a subject-matter expert.