Education

• Duke University, Durham, NC, USA: PhD Environmental Economics and Policy, 2011
• Delhi University, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India: M.A. Economics, 2004
• Delhi University, Delhi, India: B.A (Honors) Economics, 2002

Work Experience

• The World Bank, Washington DC
  • Senior Economist—Global Environment Practice: Feb 2022—

• International Water Management Institute-CGIAR, Sri Lanka
  • Research Group Leader—Economics:  Oct 2018—Jan 2022
  • Senior Researcher—Environment and Development Economics: Jan 2018—Jan 2022
  • Researcher—Environment and Development Economics:  Mar 2013—Dec 2017
  • Postdoctoral Fellow—Economics, September 2011—Mar 2013

• Duke University, Durham, NC, United States
  • Research and Teaching Assistant:  Jul 2005—Aug 2011

Professional Services

• Associate Editor, World Development (2024-26)
• Associate Editor, Agricultural Economics (2023-26)
• Associate Editor, Water Resources and Economics (2024-27)
• Chair—International Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economics (September 2020-24)
• Contributing Author to IPCC AR 6 Working Group II Chapter 4: Water

Academic Affiliations

• Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo
• Adjunct Professor, Texas A & M University
• Global Fellow, Daugherty Water for Food Institute, University of Nebraska

Awards and Honors

• The World Bank
  • VPU Award for ‘The Hidden Wealth of Nations: Groundwater’, 2024.
  • Appointed ‘Sustainable Development and Infrastructure Economist’, The World Bank, 2023
• Duke University
  • Nicholas School Student Council, Outstanding PhD Student of the Year 2010-11
  • Duke University Doctoral Fellowship, $50,000, 2009-2011
  • Duke University Doctoral Fellowship, $135,000, 2006-2011
  • Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Policy, Robert Keohane Environmental Fellowship, $35,000, 2005-06.