Dr. Pushpita Das is Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Internal Security Centre at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MPIDSA), New Delhi. Her areas of research include border management, coastal security, drug trafficking, migration, and India’s Northeast. At IDSA she has been studying India’s approach towards the management of its international borders. She has been co-opted as an expert by the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) as well as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on projects on Coastal Security.Dr. Das has written extensively on her areas of research. She has authored many books and written a number of articles and commentaries in journals and online platforms.

Das is a visiting faculty at the Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies, Bhutan and the Institute for Border Management and Strategic Studies, BSF Chhawla. She has delivered lectures at a number of training institutes including the LalBahadurShastri Academy of Administration, Mussoorie; Naval War College, Mumbai; SardarVallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy, Hyderabad; Sardar Patel Institute for Public Administration, Ahmedabad, apart from participating in national and international seminars. Dr. Pushpita Das holds a Doctorate from the Jawaharlal Nehru University.