Profile Summary
Dr. Ashokankur Datta is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Shiv Nadar University. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Statistical Institute in 2012. He holds undergraduate and masters degrees in Economics from the University of Calcutta and the University of Delhi respectively. His academic interest is in understanding environmental problems of the developing world with the help of tools from the field of economics. He is also interested in studying issues related to exclusion and discrimination in the context of India.
Educational Qualifications
2012
Ph.D.
Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi
Work Experience
2011 – 2012
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
Centre de Sciences Humaines,
New Delhi
2010 – 2011
Fellow,
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment,
Bengaluru
Teaching & Research Interests:
Development Economics, Environmental Economics