
Education
- Duke University, School of the Environment, 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, Agricultural Economics (2023-26)
- Chair—International Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economics (September 2020-24)
Awards and Honors
- Chair, Committee for Women in Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, 2020-24
- Nicholas School Student Council, Outstanding PhD Student of the Year 2010-11
- Duke University Doctoral Fellowship, $50,000, 2009-2011.
- Duke University Doctoral Assistantship, $135,000, 2006-2011
- Duke University, Nicholas Institute for Policy Solutions, Robert Keohane Environmental Fellowship, $35,000, 2005-06