Apa Lhamo is a Research Fellow at the Centre for China Analysis and Strategy (CCAS). She completed her PhD at Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi. Apa has an undergraduate degree in Political Science with Honours from Miranda House College, Delhi University, and pursued her Master's and M.Phil. from JNU.

Ms Apa had earlier worked as Director at Empowering the Vision Project and at the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi, as Research Officer under their China Programme. At CCAS, she focuses on China’s policies on Tibet and publishes regular reports, articles and commentaries.

Ms Apa has attended and presented at national and International workshops and conferences in India, Europe, the U.K., the U.S.A., Taiwan and Japan. She also completed a month-long training/internship programme at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium and Strasbourg, France, from May-June 2017.