Rachit Kumar Murarka is Assistant Professor in Kathmandu School of Law, Nepal. He submitted Ph.D. thesis on Political Economy of Economic Diversification in Post-Revolution Iran with Reference to Automobile Industry to Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi in 2019. He obtained his M. Phil in 2014 from the same Centre for his dissertation on Sanctions and Its Effects on Energy Industry in Iran. He pursued M.A. in International Relations from JNU. His areas of interest include international economics, energy security, international finance, West Asian political developments and international law. He has participated in several international conferences.

He was associated with MEI@ND as a Non-Resident Associate until 2022.