She earned her PhD from the Centre for Indo-Pacific Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on “Japan and the South China Sea Dispute: 2002–2016”, with part of her research conducted at Niigata University, Japan. Previously an Assistant Professor at Rashtriya Raksha University, Ministry of Home Affairs, she taught Defence and Strategic Studies and curated programmes on UN peacekeeping and maritime security. An alumna of prestigious international scholarships, she was awarded the US Mission to the UN Fellowship (2023) to attend the New Issues in Security Course at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy, Switzerland, and was the first Indian to receive the JASSO scholarship from the Government of Japan.
Dr Borah was also a delegate at the India-Japan Strategic Dialogue 2025 in Tokyo. She has authored widely, including a monograph on the Russia-Ukraine War and the forthcoming book India-Japan Collaboration for a Resilient Indo-Pacific. She also serves as Deputy Editor of Synergy, the peer-reviewed journal of CENJOWS. She has delivered talks at international forums such as the Diplomatic Academy of Ecuador, NIICE Nepal and Niigata University.
