Welcome! 

I am an Assistant Professor at the School of Economics, XIM University, Bhubaneswar.

 
I have received my doctoral degree at the Centre for Development Studies, an affiliated institute at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Formerly, I was a visiting Ph.D. fellow at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, and the Chair of Development Economics, University of Goettingen, Germany. 

My research interests are Pro-Poor Growth, Public Policy, Development Economics, and Applied Econometrics.