Dr. Nayana Nair is an interdisciplinary researcher with a PhD in International Relations and Library and Information Science from Mahatma Gandhi University. Her doctoral research, titled “Big Data in International Relations: A Study of Indo-US Twitter Diplomacy (2016–2020),” examined the intersection of social media, data analytics, and diplomatic practices. An alumna of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), she earned her Master’s degree in Library and Information Science with a Gold Medal and holds a Bachelor's degree in English (Honours) from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU). She is also a UGC-JRF awardee. Her professional engagements include work with the Central University of Kerala, P.N. Panicker Foundation, and IIT Gandhinagar, where she contributed to projects on digital libraries, innovation, and the history of mathematics. Her research interests include big data, social media diplomacy, digitization, manuscript preservation, and metadata. Through her publications and interdisciplinary work, she bridges technology, information science, and global relations.