
Dr Sabyasachi Das
Visiting Associate Professor
PhD in Economics, Yale University
Specialization : Political economy
Room No 117, UGC building
Employment
Visiting Scholar, GPRL, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, 2023 – present
Visiting Associate Professor, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, 2023 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Ashoka University, 2017 –2023
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2015 –2017
Business Analyst, Risk Division, HSBC Global Resourcing, Kolkata, India, 2008-2009
Academic Affiliations:
Member, Executive committee, Society for Economics Research in India, 2020
Affiliate, CECFEE, ISI Delhi, 2017
Affiliate, CDES, Monash University, 2016
Degrees
Ph.D., Economics, Yale University, 2015
M.A. Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University, 2008
B.Sc. (Economics Honors), St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata, 2006
Fellowships, Grants, Honors and Awards:
J-PAL Governance Initiative Travel Grant, 2022
STEG Small Research Grant, CEPR, 2021
Internal Research Grant, Department of Economics, Ashoka University, 2017, 2020
EfD Research Grant, EfD, Gothenburg University, Sweden, 2016
Monash Development and Sustainability Research Grant, CDES, Monash University, 2016
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies Research Fellowship, IPCS, New Delhi, 2016
PPRU Research Grant, ISI-Delhi, 2015-2018
Georg W. Leitner Fellowship in International and Comparative Political Economy, 2014
South Asian Studies Summer Research Award, Yale University, 2014
Colgate Fellow, 2013-2015
Cowles Foundation Fellowship, 2009-2013
DSE Merit Scholarship, Delhi University, 2006-2008
Best Paper Presentation Award, Second – All India Economics Students’ Meet, Delhi University, 2005
Teaching Experience
Public Economics (UG), Development Economics (UG), Game Theory (UG), Intermediate Microeconomics (UG),
Political Economy (UG and MA/PhD Level)