Sameena Hameed is a Professor in Middle Eastern Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Her areas of specialization include the Middle Eastern economy, India's economic relations with the Middle East, and energy security issues. She has co-authored the book Persian Gulf 2024-25 India’s Relations with the Region (Palgrave Macmillan) and its previous volumes since 2020. She is also the Book Review Editor of the SAGE journal Contemporary Review of the Middle East and editor of books, Youth Bloom in GCC (2022), and COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa (2025). Besides, she has several monographs, journal articles, and chapters in edited volumes. In addition, she has prepared research papers and study reports for the Ministry of External Affairs and other trade and commerce organizations like ASSOCHAM. She has been a member of the MEA-constituted Select Group on Gulf and West Asia and of the Indian team for the 'India –GCC Strategic Partnership' project and the Indo-Saudi Dialogue.