Her areas of interest include internationalization, intercultural education, government policy on higher education, as well as the student learning experience as it pertains to study abroad, and internationalizing teacher education. Her edited books include Making Policy in Turbulent Times; Challenge and Prospects for Higher Education (to be published in 2013, with Paul Axelrod), Canada’s Universities Go Global (with Adrian Shubert, York University, and Glen Jones, University of Toronto). Prof. Desai Trilokekar has also written widely on higher education in Australia, and India.