She read history in the Jawaharlal Nehru University and anthropology in the University of Texas- Austin. Her research foci include media, globalization, history, and science in colonial and contemporary India. She also writes and researches on Gandhi and Hindu images in the diaspora. Her research has received support from the Wenner – Gren Foundation’s Hunt Postdoctoral Fellowship, Social Science Research Council , Fulbright-Hays, and the Institute for Historical Research- University of London/Mellon Foundation. Ritu’s recently completed book manuscript is an ethnography of newspaper cartooning in India. Supported by a Fulbright Senior Scholar Grant, she is currently researching on women and science.