Dr Jivanta Schöttli is currently Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore. She works on India's foreign policy with a focus on diplomacy and strategic maritime interests in the Indian Ocean region. Her past work examines how domestic politics feeds into foreign policy, through the interlocking of interests, ideas and institutions, whilst responding to global dynamics of change and opportunity. Jivanta received her PhD in Political Science from Heidelberg University in Germany. She was lecturer and recently, interim-Professor, Department of Political Science at Heidelberg’s South Asia Institute. Her doctoral thesis, on policy-making and institution building under Indian Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru was published with Routledge, London in 2012 with the title, Vision and Strategy in Indian Politics. She holds a Masters in Economic History and a BSc in International Relations and History, both from the London School of Economics and Political Science.