Roy is a policy researcher at a Mumbai-based think tank. An academician at heart and a dreamer by choice, she serves as an editorial member for the think tank’s annual Economic Survey digest. Her recent publications include What’s In A Name: Rhetorical Signalling In The Indo-Pacific, Transforming Turbulence: India's Role in South Asian Security, and The Great Nicobar Island Development Project (2021): A Contentious Approach to Sustainable Development.