Sanaa is a team member of Asian Horizons Unit, working on emerging trends in the South Asian and Southeast Asian regions. Her area of focus within Asian Horizons is Bangladesh and she has earlier worked on India. Prior to this, she was a researcher for "The Himalayan Solutions: Cooperation and Security in River Basins" report.

Her articles on developments in the Middle East and Africa have been featured in Turkish Weekly and Indian Review of Global Affairs, amongst others.

Sanaa has worked with the SFG management in the President's Office. Her role included institutional development, strategic planning, media outreach and communications as well as research and analysis for special projects. She is also the Webmaster of the SFG website.

Prior to joining SFG, Sanaa worked as an Associate Consultant with KPMG (Advisory Services). She was part of advisory engagements for various corporate clients including public listed companies, international infrastructure developers, a large private equity fund and SMEs.

She obtained her Master of Commerce degree from University of Mumbai. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor.

Projects 2012 :
- Horizon Scanning

Publications :
- Himalayan Solutions: Cooperation and Security in the River Basins (March 2011)

Workshops / Conferences :
- National Seminar on Counter Terrorism, India (November 2011)
- Scenario Planning Workshop on Risk Assessment for Maharashtra State Police(November 2010)

Looking Ahead : Staff Articles -
-  Bangladesh at 50 (February, 2012)
- Wind Energy in Bangladesh: A Promise for the Future (November, 2011)
- Arab Women Empowerment: What's Next? (June, 2011)
- Tripoli's Two Roads (April, 2011)
- China - The Next Superpower? (March, 2011)
- Trends in Indian Innovation (December, 2010)
- Seat at the High Table (November, 2010)
- Unscrambling the Race for Africa (October, 2010)
- India 2010:2020 – Decade of Innovation (August, 2010)