Ekta is currently working on a project which identifies socio-economic and environmental issues of relevance in the Middle East and North Africa region. She is also a team member of the project 'Application of Blue Peace Approach to the Nile Basin'. Her role includes preparing and writing research reports.

Ekta is a trained mediator and has actively volunteered with community mediation and youth participation projects. She has worked closely with Somali refugees, immigrants and youth-at-risk at an NGO in Toronto. Prior to joining SFG, Ekta interned as a Probation Officer at Auckland, New Zealand's North Shore District Court Corrections Department. She has previously worked as a Copy Editor cum Correspondent at Times of India, Ahmedabad.

Ekta earned a Post-Graduate Diploma in Social Work (Applied) from Massey University, New Zealand. She received her Bachelor of Arts Honors, Philosophy Major and English Minor from York University, Canada.



Projects 2012 :
- Water Security in the Nile Basin

Looking Ahead : Staff Articles -
- Emerging Africa: China's Trade based approach (February, 2012)
- When will 'Political Will' catch up with Technology? (July, 2011)