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JIHS Team<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Director<\/h5><\/div>
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Professor (Dr.) Mrinalini Jha<\/a><\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy (JSGP), O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Mentor<\/h5><\/div>
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Professor (Dr.) C. Rajkumar<\/a><\/h5>\n

Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

External Advisory Committee<\/p><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Alakh N Sharma<\/h5>\n

Professor and Director Institute for Human Development (IHD)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Amit Basole<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics Azim Premji University Bengaluru<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Anand Shrivastav<\/h5>\n

Associate Professor of Economics Azim Premji University Bengaluru<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Arjun Jayadev<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics Azim Premji University Bengaluru<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ashwini Deshpande<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics; Director Centre for Economic Data and Analysis, Ashoka University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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C P Chandrasekhar<\/h5>\n

Retired Professor of Economics Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, JNU, and Senior Research Fellow at Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Farzana Afridi<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jayan Jose Thomas<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jens Lerche<\/h5>\n

Emeritus Professor in Agrarian and Labour Studies SOAS, University of London<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kamal Vatta<\/h5>\n

Professor and Director, Agricultural Marketing Innovations, Research and Intelligence Centre (AMIRIC), Punjab Agricultural University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Maitreesh Ghatak<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics London School of Economics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Neetha N<\/h5>\n

Professor, Centre for Women\u2019s Development Studies (CWDS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ritu Dewan<\/h5>\n

Retired Professor and Director Mumbai School of Economics & Public Policy, University of Mumbai<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rosa Abraham<\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor of Economics Azim Premji University Bengaluru<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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S. Chandrasekhar<\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sanjay Kumar<\/h5>\n

Professor Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sohail Hashmi<\/h5>\n

Historian<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sona Mitra<\/h5>\n

Director, Policy and Research Institute for What Works to Advance Gender Equality<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sonalde Desai<\/h5>\n

Distinguished University Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology University of Maryland, and Professor and Centre Director NCAER-National Data Innovation Center, New Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sukhpal Singh<\/h5>\n

Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture (CMA), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA), Gujarat<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Vamsi Vakulabharanam<\/h5>\n

Associate Professor, College of Social and Behavioural Sciences Department of Economics University of Massachusetts Amherst<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Vinoj Abraham<\/h5>\n

Professor, Centre for Development Studies, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Associate Directors<\/p><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Indranil Mukhopadhyay<\/a><\/h5>\n

Professor of Economics, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jannet John<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Kranthi Nanduri<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Bhuvaneswari Raman<\/a><\/h5>\n

Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research Fellows<\/p><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Abdul Kalam Azad<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Amlan Das Gupta<\/a><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor, Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bramha Gupta <\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Environment & Sustainability, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jitendra Singh<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Manini Ojha<\/a><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Nandita Bhan<\/a><\/h5>\n

Professor, Jindal School of Public Health and Human Development, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Namesh Killemsetty<\/a><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Narbadeshwar Mishra<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Rahul Menon<\/a><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Shivangi Gupta<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Banking and Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Sukanya Sharma<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Art and Architecture, O.P. Jindal Global University<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Swathysree S.<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor, International Management Institute, Delhi<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Ms. Zara Hasnain<\/a><\/h5>\n

Lecturer, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dr. Nutan Shashi Tigga<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor & Member, Office of Industry Interface<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Prof. Ankush Garg<\/a><\/h5>\n

Assistant Professor and Assistant Dean, Conferences and Open Lectures<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/a><\/span><\/div>
Prof. Geeta Sinha<\/a><\/h5>\n

Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Admissions and Outreach<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research Team<\/p><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Mr. Aniket Raykar<\/h5>\n

Research Associate<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dr. Dibyendu Biswas<\/h5>\n

Post-Doctoral Fellow<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research Interns<\/p><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Manya Agrawal<\/h5>\n

Programme: B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Shalini Praveen<\/h5>\n

Programme: B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Soha Khan<\/h5>\n

Programme: B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Ishika<\/h5>\n

Programme: M.A Public Policy
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Pranitha B<\/h5>\n

Programme: M.A Public Policy
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Suhani Agarwal<\/h5>\n

Programme: B.Sc. (Hons) Economics
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

<\/span><\/div>
Ashmita Mitra<\/h5>\n

Programme: M.A Public Policy
\nSchool: Jindal School of Government and Public Policy<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6100","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6100"}],"version-history":[{"count":79,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6455,"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6100\/revisions\/6455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jgu.edu.in\/jihs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}