Nidhi is a Lecturer of Humanitarian and Development Studies Program, School of Social Sciences, Western Sydney University and the leader of the Sustainable Development and Human Security research theme at Western Sydney University’s Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI). Her research is multi-disciplinary across public and social health, nutrition, development and humanitarian studies and migration. Nidhi has published works across these disciplines, including several systematic and scoping reviews of literature. The knowledge produced by systematic and scoping reviews of literature has been instrumental in filling knowledge gaps in understanding social determinants of health and nutrition disciplines in the global south and this work is highly cited. Her research interests include intersection of culture, gender and health . Nidhi has previously worked with international organisations such as CARE and UNICEF and the Humanitarian and Development Research Initiative (HADRI) at Western Sydney University. Nidhi’s PhD research focussed on ‘Child undernutrition in South Asia, A multidimensional analysis’, from Western Sydney University, Australia and she completed her master’s in development studies from University of Sussex, UK.