Soumarya Dutta is a post-graduate in Conflict Management and Development from the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Banaras Hindu University (2023). He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the Department of International Relations, Jadavpur University. A purposeful and energetic individual who has knack for grass-roots governance and public policy, Soumarya’s research interests are South Asia in general and North East India in particular. He has also earned several accolades throughout his college and university days, most notably in events like Policy Lab’s and Paper Presentations. Besides, he also has the experience of attending a Research Workshop abroad (Germany, funded by the European center for Minority Issues). Besides these, his hobbies include following Indian politics closely and writing on Cricket and Olympic Sports.