Retired Professor of Economics, University of Burdwan, West Bengal and Senior ICSSR Fellow. Post-Doctoral Research in Open Economy Columbia University, New York
Ph.D in Endogenous Technological Progress, Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi M.A in Economics, University of Institute of Economic Growth Awards: Reserve Bank of India Fellowship, Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship,ICSSR Senior Fellowship, 2016-2018
Areas of Interest: New Trade Theory (Strategic Trade), Trade & Environment, Public Finance Policy, Environmental & Ecological
Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi, and a Doctoral Fellow at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-India.
Her research focusses on International Trade and Trade Policy, Foreign Direct Investment, Wage Inequality, E-Commerce and MSMEs. She has been associated with several projects commissioned by national and international organisations, such as the DoC and the DPIIT, MoC&I, PayPal Holdings Inc., Flipkart, etc. Sugandha has been a consultant with the World Bank for about three years, and worked extensively on services trade and trade related issues. Her research has been published in high-impact journals such as the EPW, Review of International Economics, The B.E. Journal of Theoretical Economics, Global Business Review, etc. She received her M.Phil. and Masters in Economics degrees (with specialisation in World Economy) from JNU. She has been a Ford Fellow for three consecutive semesters during her master’s programme, and has previously taught at various colleges of Delhi University, including Shri Ram College of Commerce and Sri Venkateswara College, and the Indian School of Business and Finance
Associate Professor and Area-Chair in Economics, BML MunjalUniversity (Hero Gr. Initiative), Haryana, India
PhD degree in Economics from University of Calcutta, and a Postdoctoral from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Trained Economist and Econometrician, whose areas of expertise are microeconomics, international economics, health, and gender. As an econometrician, I work extensively in data science, predictive modelling, machine learning, advanced cross-section, and panel data models.
15 years of research and teaching experience in the field of economics.
Assistant Professor of Economics, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi – 110065, India (On Leave)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Economics | Jawaharlal Nehru University – New Delhi, India (2015) Master of Philosophy (M Phil) in Applied Economics | Jawaharlal Nehru University – New Delhi, India (2011)
MA (Economics)Jadavpur University –Kolkata, India (2007)
Specialization – Econometrics, International Economics
PhD: Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi,M.A.(Operational Research), Faculty of Mathematics, University of Delhi, M.A(Economics), Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi
Area of interest: Economic Environment and Policy, Economics of Climate Change, Human Capital, Technological Progress , and Inclusive Growth,Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Modelling Courses
Ph.D. (Economics), Department of Economics, Delhi School of Economics, DU, Awarded in 2021
Thesis Title: Inverted Duty Structure and Effective Rate of Protection: Theoretical and Empirical Analyses (Recipient of the EXIM Bank International Economic Research Award 2021)
Currently working as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). She completed her Ph.D. and M.Phil. in economics in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University
Centre for the Study of Regional Development (School of social science). Her research work focuses broadly on Demographic Economics, Development economics, and Applied Economics. She did a master’s in economics from Ambedkar University and graduated with a B.A. (Hons.) economics degree from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University. She worked as an Assistant Professor at Delhi University, KeshavMahavidyalaya in 2015. She also worked as a Content Writer under the project “Development of E-Content for MA (Business Economics) funded by UGC”.