Nitya Labh

Nitya Labh is the Schwarzman Academy Fellow. She is based at the International Security Programme, where her research focuses on maritime and transboundary disputes, ceasefires and international conflict mediation. Nitya is also a consultant at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue where she supports conflict prevention projects in Asia.

Previously, Nitya was a Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University and a James C. Gaither Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Nitya began her career as a youth delegate to the UN Commission on the Status of Women where she advised on policies to combat gender-based violence. She has also worked at US Indo-Pacific Command; the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency; Rice, Hadley, Gates, and Manuel LLC; and the Project on International Peace and Security. 

Nitya holds a BA in International Relations from William & Mary and a MSc in Global Affairs from Tsinghua University.