Biography

Dr. Sunaina Dhingra is an Associate Professor at the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy of O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to Be University) since 2021. She is also the chair of School Doctoral Committee. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi in 2018.  Before joining JGU, she was a Post-Doctoral Associate with the Tata Cornell Institute (TCI) in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, USA. She received an M.A in Economics from Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi and a B.A.in Economics from Delhi College of Arts & Commerce, Delhi University.

Her areas of research interest lie in the fields of Applied Microeconometrics, Empirical Development Economics, Economics of Health, Nutrition and Education and Family Economics. She has extensive field work experience in rural India. Her current research focuses on intra-household decision making; health, nutrition and educational outcomes; She is also interested in addressing questions relating to how government policies affect household and individual behaviour.

At JSGP, she teaches courses on Core Econometrics, Applied Econometrics Microeconomics of International Development and Public Economics.