Sreeradha Datta before joining Jindal School of International Affairs, O.P Jindal Global University was Senior Fellow and heading the Neighbourhood Studies Centre of the Vivekananda International Foundation. She is also a non-resident Senior Fellow with Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Prior to that she was director, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata for six years and held fellowships with Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, among other institutions. She has a PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and an MPhil degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata where she had also completed her graduation and post-graduation courses too.