Krithiga Narayanan is a master's student in international relations at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C, where she is a Public Service Fellow. At SAIS, she focuses on governance, democracy, climate, and gender. Krithiga also has a master's degree in international journalism from City, University of London, and has worked with DW, BBC, and CNN. Krithiga is from Chidambaram, located in the southern State of Tamil Nadu in India.