Ruchita Beri is a Consultant with the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. Earlier, Ms Beri served as Senior Research Associate and Centre Coordinator, Africa, Latin America, Caribbean and United Nations Centre at the MP-IDSA. She has over three decades experience in research on international relations, political economy and security of Sub-Saharan Africa, India–Africa relations and Emerging Powers in Africa and the Indian Ocean region. She is a member of the Africa Committee of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and serves on the Executive Board of the Forum for Indian Development Cooperation (FIDC), RIS. She is also a member of the Africa Experts Group at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi. She is the former President of African Studies Association of India (ASA).
Ms. Beri has participated in many international conferences and regularly lectures at several institutions in India, such as the National Defence College, Foreign Service Institute, Army War College and the Defence Services Staff College. She is a member of the Editorial Committee of the journal Africa Review published by Brill, the Editorial Board of Austral: Brazilian Journal of Strategy & International Relations published by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and the Editorial Advisory Board of Development Cooperation Review.
She has edited and co-edited several books including Food Governance in India: Rights, Security and Challenges in the Global Sphere (Routledge. 2022) and India and Africa: Common Security Challenges for the Next Decade (Pentagon Press, 2016). She has also published numerous articles and book chapters and is a regular contributor to broadcast media. She has an M.Phil in African Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and an advanced diploma in Conflict Studies from the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University, Sweden.
