Ambika is currently focused on a Water Security Initiative for the Middle East. In this regard she is involved in participatory research, analysis, developing a comprehensive report on water security, and communication with relevant stakeholders in the region. She organized the first workshop for the Water Security Initiative, in Montreux, Switzerland in February 2010, and the High Level Plenary at the WANA Forum in Amman, Jordan in May 2010. She was invited to be a panelist on the water themed introduction session, at the 'Rework the World' Summit hosted by the Tallberg Foundation and YES Inc, in June, 2010.

She is also working on a project which identifies emerging socio-economic and environmental trends in the Middle East. Prior to this she was involved in research for the 'Cost of Conflict in the Middle East' report.

Ambika has a MA in Political Science with a concentration in Conflict Studies from the American University, Cairo in Egypt. She has also spent six months studying at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. While in Egypt, she had the opportunity to be an editor for Khamasin, a pilot academic journal launched by the AUC political science department.

Between degrees Ambika worked as a Program Associate with The Hunger Project, New Delhi, a national NGO working on capacity building of women's leadership at the grassroots level. The job gave her the chance to travel the country to remote villages and experience the other India. While development is not her primary field of interest, Ambika appreciates that working with THP gave her a broader view of looking at the world and the issues that face us today.

Ambika has had the opportunity to present a paper entitled "Exercising Effective Leadership at the Grassroots: Creating a Just Society" at the Women as Global Leaders Conference held in Dubai, UAE, March 2008.

Projects 2010 - 2011 :
- Water Security in the Middle East
- Middle East Monitor

Workshops / Conferences:
Workshop on Water Security in the Middle East, Montreux, Switzerland ( February, 2010)

Inhouse Articles:
- The Energy Game (May, 2010)
- The Blame Game (February, 2010)
- Africa’s Time of Reckoning (October, 2009)
- Afghanistan’s Elections – A future of possibilities (August, 2009)
- Turning the Tide – Conflict to Cooperation (May, 2009)
- The Day After the Celebrations (March, 2009)
- Thirty Years of Lessons to be Learnt (February, 2009)
- Yes, it’s War! (December, 2008)
- A Legacy for Tommorow (November, 2008)
- The Indo-US Nuclear deal: Are two countries gaining or is the world losing out? (October, 2008)

Conference Paper –
- Exercising Effective Leadership at the Grassroots: Creating a Just Society

Other Papers –
- Demilitarising militias in the Kivus (eastern Democratic Republic of Congo)– African Security Review 17.1; Institute of Security Studies