Ms. Sylvia Mishra is a Senior Nuclear Policy Associate at the Institute of Security and Technology. Her research focuses on nuclear strategy and nonproliferation, Southern Asian security, emerging and disruptive technologies, and military innovation.

She is also a consultant at the European Leadership Network where she advises senior Europeans on emerging technologies. She has held leadership positions in Women of Color Advancing Peace and Security and Conflict Transformation (WCAPS) since the inception of the organization in 2017 and presently Chairs the CBRN Working Group.

She is a member of the Steering Committee for OrgsInSolidarity which advocates for diverse representation in national security discourse.

She is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Stimson Center’s South Asia Program and serves on the Advisory Board for the Stimson Center’s UNSCR 1540 Assistance Support Initiative. She featured in the CSIS-Diversity in National Security 2021 U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List.