Niharika Chibber Joe is an Indian-born public diplomacy specialist in the United States civil service, currently serving as the deputy head of a U.S. federal agency, supporting educational and cultural exchange to promote peace, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pacific. She is also a prize-winning published poet and writer. Her work is in a variety of printed anthologies, and online in Different Truths and American Kahani. She serves on the boards of Youth Under Voluntary Action for Transformation India. Niharika speaks several languages including Japanese and holds a master’s in international relations from Johns Hopkins University-SAIS in Washington, D.C. and an M.A. and B.A. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.
