Dr Renu Rana holds a Doctorate in International Politics from the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, where she specialised in nuclear security issues. She earned an MPhil in Chinese Studies from the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Delhi. She was awarded the India-China bilateral Senior Scholar fellowship for 2015-16 by the Ministry of Education (formerly known as the Ministry of Human Resource and Development, India) and the Outstanding International Student Award by the Ministry of Education (China) in 2018. Her research interests span international politics, Chinese politics and diplomacy, India-China relations, disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation. Dr Rana’s research has been published in journals indexed by Scopus and Web of Science, including China Report and the International Journal of China Studies. 

With nearly a decade of academic and professional experience in various capacities in China, Dr Rana has also presented her research and conducted fieldwork across multiple continents. Most recently, she served as an Associate Research Fellow at the Hainan Institute for World Watch and was previously a Postdoctoral Fellow at Shenzhen University. Her extensive experience also includes positions at the Institute of Chinese Studies in Delhi, the BRICS Center at Fudan University in Shanghai, and Tecnológico de Monterrey. Additionally, Dr Rana was a Graduate Fellow at the Nuclear Nonproliferation Education and Research Center at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. 

Dr Rana previously taught at Fudan University – Shanghai as a faculty member (International Relations) at the International Programs Office of Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara.