Simi Mehta is the CEO and Editorial Director of IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute and Managing Editor of JDPR. She holds a PhD in American Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and was a Fulbright Fellow at Ohio State University, USA. Her areas of research include US and India’s agriculture and foreign policies, international security studies, sustainable development, climate change, gender justice, urban environment and food security.