Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2012. Thesis title: A Comparative Study of Modern Chemical Based Agriculture and Organic Farms in terms of Sustainability.
Master of Philosophy in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1998. Dissertation title: Trade Restriction as an Instrument for Controlling Environmental Degradation.
Master of Arts in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, 1995.
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Economics, University of Calcutta, 1993.
Climate Finance, Ecological Economics, Environment and Development Economics
RBI Chair Professor, Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, July 2025 -
Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Jamia Millia Islamia, since 01.06.2022 (On extraordinary leave from July 2025)
Professor, Department of Policy and Management Studies (earlier Department of Policy Studies), TERI School of Advanced Studies (earlier TERI University), April 2018 – May 2022.
Associate Professor, Department of Policy and Management Studies (earlier Department of Policy Studies), TERI School of Advanced Studies (earlier TERI University), May 2014 – April 2018.
Assistant Professor [earlier Lecturer] in Economics, School of Social Sciences, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, September 2001 – May 2015 (On extraordinary leave from January 2014-May 2025)
Temporary Faculty, Bharat Ratna Dr. B R Ambedkar University Delhi (January – May, 2015)
Lecturer (Temporary), Ramlal Anand College (Evening), University of Delhi, August 2000 – January 2001.
Lecturer (Ad-Hoc), Ramlal Anand College (Evening), University of Delhi, August 1999 – March 2000, and January 2001 – April 2001.
Lecturer (Ad-Hoc), S G T B Khalsa College (Evening), University of Delhi, November 1998 – March 1999.
Junior Project Associate, Environment Policy Cell, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, March – December, 1996.
Reserve Bank of India Scholarship Scheme for Faculty Members from Academic Institutions – 2021 (link), February–September 2022.
Fulbright-Nehru International Education Administrators Seminar Fellowship, October – November 2018.
Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) Institutional Doctoral Fellowship, at the Institute of Economic Growth, January 2011–January 2012.
Associateship(s) at the UGC Inter-university Centre for Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, (i) April 2006, (ii) October 2008, (iii) April 2010.
University Grants Commission Junior Research Fellowship, at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU, August 1997–July 2001 (with temporary suspensions due to teaching assignments)
Short term pro bono consultany with Power Foundation of India, an autonomous society under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, August 2023-December 2024
External Assessor, in the Faculty of Business and Management, UCSI University, Malaysia, for the Bachelor of International and Sustainable Business (Honours) Programme, December 2023 – December 2026
Leader, Preparatory stage proposal to ‘National Mission on Biodiversity and Human Well-Being’ approved by Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC), funded by Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, September 2019-September 2021
Journal articles
(2021) (with K Bawa, A Sengupta, V Chavan, R Chellam, R. Ganesan, J Krishnaswamy, V B Mathur, S B Olsson, N Pandit, S Quader, P Rajagopal, U Ramakrishnan, G Ravikanth, M Sankaran, D Shankar, R Seidler, R U Shaanker, A T Vanak) ‘Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national Mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India’ Biological Conservation 253: 108867. ISSN: 0006-3207.
(2020) (with K Bawa, R Chellam, J Krishnaswamy, V Mathur, S B Olsson, N Pandit, P Rajagopal, M Sankaran, R U Shaanker, D Shankar, U Ramakrishnan, A T Vanak, and S Quader) ‘Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America 117 (42): 25951–25955. ISSN: 1091-6490. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018436117
(2016) ‘Sustaining the Farming Household for Sustaining the Farming’ Journal of Agrarian Change 16 (1): 94–122. ISSN: 1471-0358.
(2016) (with S Purushothaman, C Ravi, H Nagendra, M Mathai, S Mundoli, G Joseph, S Barna, R Gopalan, M Bursztyn, M Padmanabhan, S Duncan and R S DeFries) ‘Sustainability in Higher Education for the Global South: A Conversation across Geographies and Disciplines’ Sustainability in Debate 7(1): 156–173. ISSN: 2179-9067.
(2015) ‘For Sustainable SDGs: Righting Through Responsibilities’ Journal of Human development and Capabilities 16 (4): 625-630. ISSN: 1945-2829.
(2013) ‘Using Cost of Cultivation Survey data: Changing challenges for researchers’ Economic and Political Weekly 58 (26 & 27): 139–147. ISSN: 0012–9976.
(2012) ‘Reforms in PDS administration through computerisation: a weak case for Aadhaarisation’ Journal of Indian Law and Society 3 (monsoon): 175–205. ISSN: 2277–5552.
Book Chapters
(2025) ‘Public Policy in Response to Planetary Crises: Scale Matters in Augmenting Biodiversity and Improving Resilience of Financial Ecosystems’ in Sudha Vasan, ed., Environmental Studies from India: Engaging with the Planetary Ecological Crisis, Oxford Studies in Contemporary Indian Society Series, Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198984115.003.0022
(2025) ‘Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks: Interrogating Efficacy of Actions by RBI’ in M Mohanty and R Sarkar, eds., Financing Climate Action: India in a Global Context, New Delhi: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003589709-10
(2023) (with A Malhotra) ‘Application of Industrial Ecology Principles in and around Cement Industry in NCR of Delhi: Potentials, Problems and Possibilities’ in Pardeep Singh, Anamika Yadav, Indranil Chowdhury, Ravindra Pratap Singh, eds., Green Circular Economy: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Development, Springer. HB ISBN 978-3-031-40303-3. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40304-0_13
Edited Book
(2023) ed. Proceedings of ICSSR Sponsored Capacity Building Programme on Academic Writing and Publication Processes for early career teachers and researchers (01.12.2022 - 14.12.2022). New Delhi: INSEE for Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, Biodiversity Collaborative and Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE). ISBN: 978-81-965168-0-2.