Education:

Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University,  WA, USA, 2018-23

Master of Science,  University of Calcutta,  India, 2014-16

Bachelor of Science,  Lady Brabourne College, University of Calcutta,  India, 2011-14

Grants & Awards:

• Graduate Student Research Grant for Sustainability (2020-2021) from Endowment for Sustainable Development(ESD)

• Dissertation Grant (2020) from Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA)

• Received Poster Presentation Award 1st place at American Water Resources Association(AWRA) Annual Conference (2022)

• Graduate and Professional Students Association (GPSA) Senator Scholarship for the Academic years 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23

• E8 Angels Fellowship 2020, 2021 and 2022

• Certificate of merit for Indian School Certificate Examination (ISC) (2011)

Services:

• GPSA (Graduate Professional Students Association) Senator - School of Economic Sciences,. Washington State University (2020 - 2023)

• Secretary - School of Economic Sciences Graduate Student Association (SES GSA) (2021-22)

• Treasurer - Indian Students Association (ISA), Washington State University (2020-21)

• IT and PR Chair - Indian Students Association (ISA), Washington State University (2019-20)

• Peer Mentor - Office of International Programs, WSU (April 2020-December 2020)

 Publications:

• Deval, C., Anderson, E., Kruskopf, M., Limaye, A., Bhandari, B., Markert, A., Flores-Anderson, A., Muthuke D., Basu, R., Shreshtha M., Laverde-Barajas M., ... & Center, A. D. P. (2024). Connecting Science to Sustained Impact: SERVIR’s Journey in Earth Observations for Water Resources Management and Future Pathways. Authorea Preprints. 

• Basu, R., Anderson, E., Deval, C., Herndon, K., Markert, A., Pransky, L., ... & Sayeed, A. (2024). Serving economic prosperity: economic impact assessments (EIA) on Earth observation-based services and tools by SERVIR. arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.15672.

• Adiga, A., Trabelsi, Y., Ferdousi, T., Marathe, M., Ravi, S. S., Swarup, S., Vullikanti Kumar A., Wilson M., Kraus S., Basu R., Savalkar S., Yourek M., Brady M., & Yoder, J. (2024). Value-based Resource Matching with Fairness Criteria: Application to Agricultural Water Trading. arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.06576.

• Basu, R. (2023). Three Essays on Agent-Based Model for Water Allocation Under Appropriate Rights. Washington State University. 

• Yoder  J., Raymond C., Basu R.,  Deol S., Fremier A., Garcia K., Mauger G., Padowski J., Rogers M., Stahl A.. (2022). Climate change and stream flow : Barriers and opportunities. Preliminary project report to the Washington State Department of Ecology. June. https://apps.ecology.wa.gov/publications/documents/2211029.pdf

• Basu, R., & Gallardo, R. K. (2021). Economic Issues Related to Long-Term Investment in Tree Fruits. Choices, 36(2), 1-7.

• Das, P., Basu, R., & Halder, A. (2017). Employment, wage and productivity: Analysis of trend and causality in Indian manufacturing industries. The Journal of Industrial Statistics, 6(1), 41-56.

• Basu R., Gifford J., Brady M., Cook J., Rajagopalan K., Yoder, J. "An Agent Based Mdoel for Assessing Agricultural Water Market Structures and Functions." submitted to JAERE (2024)

• Basu R., Anderson E., Cherrington E., Deval C., Garugai S., Herndon K., Issoufou M., Maerkert A., Matos J., Phalke A.,  Pransky L., Sayeed A.,  Sirichaovanichkarn E.. " Assessments of Impacts Using Economic Methods for Earth Observation-Based Services ". Working Paper

• Basu R., Deval C., West D., Markert A., "Economic Impacts of Flood and Drought - A review".  Working Paper

• Basu R., Chaudhary S., Deval C., Sayeed A., Henrdon K., Griffin R., "Estimating Disaster Resilience of Hurricane Helene on Florida Counties ." Working Paper

Posters & Presentations:

• Economic Impact Assessment of Application of GEOGLOWS in Ecuador, AmeriGEO Week, August. 27, 2024

• Economic Impact Assessments (EIA) on Earth Observation-based services and tools by SERVIR, Spring Fling Review, NSSTC, April 22, 2024

• Economic Methods: Overview and Impact Assessment, SERVIR Science Coordination Office, NSSTC, September 1., 2023

• An Agent-Based Model of Agricultural Water Markets under Appropriative Rights and Droughts

1. American Water Resources Association (AWRA), Washington Chapter, September 28, 2023

2. Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR), June 13-15, 2023

3. AgAID Annual Meeting, Oregon State University, March 6-7, 2023

4. American Water Resources Association (AWRA), November 7-9, 2022

5. School of Economic Sciences Student Seminar Series, April 2022

• Employment Wage and Productivity: Analysis of trend and causality in Indian manufacturing industries, 7th National Seminar on Industrial Statistics by Central Statistics Office, 16th Sept., 2017