Pallavi Bajaj holds an MSc Economics from the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, with a specialisation in International Economics. She has worked with an economic think tank in India, conducting research on international trade, and also co-authored a paper on the emerging trade-climate change negotiation nexus, before deciding to take her understanding of the subject of international trade a step forward at the World Trade Institute. Her interest in international trade as a tool for development grew during her internship with the Trade Capacity Building Branch of UNIDO, Vienna where she came closer to the trade-capacity-building function of the United Nations. Prior to her pursuing her Masters degree in London, she completed her Bachelors degree in Economics, from India, and worked as an Analyst in business process risk analysis with Ernst & Young India Pvt. Ltd. Her particular area of interest is to understand the relationship between international trade and development, the changing power equations in international trade, and, how gains from trade can be aimed at benefiting the least developed economic sections of the ‘global society’. This interest also recently led her to participate in a short programme on WTO, International Trade and Development, in Geneva. Outside economics, she is a keen tennis enthusiast and enjoys writing, music and photography.