Nivedita Raju is a Researcher in the Weapons of Mass Destruction programme at SIPRI. Her research focuses on developments in space security, space governance and transparency and confidence-building measures. Nivedita is additionally a Project Coordinator on behalf of SIPRI in the EU Non-proliferation and Disarmament Consortium (EUNPDC).

Previously, Raju was a research fellow at Open Lunar Foundation, a research assistant at the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University and an advisor on gender issues to the non-profit Schools of Equality. Her past work focused on issues related to space law and policy, and gender.