Urvashi is also a Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Her current research and writings examine southern partnerships for humanitarian and development assistance, with a particular focus on emerging powers and the private sector. Urvashi regularly consults for the United Nations and other international and regional organizations. She is a member of the World Humanitarian Summit thematic working group and on UN OCHA's regional steering group for South and Central Asia. She has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Oxford, UK.