Fellow
Dr Swati Prabhu is a Fellow with the Centre for New Economic Diplomacy at Observer Research Foundation.
Her research explores the idea of aid, role of the global South, and evolving development partnerships. Swati's broader research interests include India-EU relations, EU development policy, and sustainable development. She previously served as a Research Coordinator at Think20 (T20) India Secretariat under India’s G20 presidency. Swati has completed her PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India. Her research focused on the European Union's development policy and environment highlighting the challenges of the SDGs.
Prior to ORF, Swati was Junior Fellow at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies (MAKAIAS), Kolkata under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. In 2018, she was selected as an Erasmus+ Mobility Fellow from JNU to visit the Department of Political Science, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain. Swati has authored several policy briefs on furthering India-EU relations for the EU-India Think Tanks Twinning Initiative (EUITTI). She also regularly writes for The Telegraph.
Swati is the author of European Union's Connectivity Agenda: Forging Partnerships for Environmental Governance (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025).