Medha Prasanna
junior fellow & program assistant
Medha prasanna
Medha Prasanna is a Junior Fellow and Program Assistant at ORF America where she contributes to research, writing and programming on energy, climate, and sustainability. She assists with writing the ORF America’s U.S.- India Energy Monitor which tracks energy and climate developments between two of the world’s largest economies and energy consumers.
Most recently, Ms. Prasanna served as the Harold W. Rosenthal Fellow for the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, where she worked on legislation and engagement pertaining to the Indo-Pacific. Previously she has interned at the United Nations Information Center in DC, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in New Delhi.
She received an M.A in International Affairs from the Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University, and was a recipient of their Global Initiative Fellowship. At GWU she was affiliated with the Sigur Center for Asian Studies and worked on the Perceptions of Convergences and Divergences in the U.S.- India Relationship. Her capstone project explored Geopolitics and Disinformation in Conflict Zones. She earned a B.A (Hons.) and a Post Graduate Diploma (DipASR) in Economics and International Relations from Ashoka University.
Medha grew up in Bangalore, India where her family currently resides.
