Siddhartha Mitra, was awarded his Doctoral and Master’s degree in Agricultural and Resource Economics by the University of Maryland at College Park, USA. He also has a Masters degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics. His research interests lie in the field of development economics, environmental economics, political economy and economics of peace. He has been a prolific researcher with around 40 publications in national and international journals and a edited volume published by Routledge to his credit. He has lectured and given seminars all over the globe in Asia, Europe, United States and Australia. He has served on consultative committees to the Ministry of Environment, Government of India and also as consultant to the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi and Center for Development Research (ZEF), Bonn. Dr. Mitra has taught economics at the University of Melbourne, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi and the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.  

Email: sm2@cuts.org
Mob: +91 98292 85928

Rijit Sengupta, Deputy Head of the Centre, is a post graduate in Agriculture from University of Calcutta, and a post graduate diploma in Public Systems Management from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISW&BM), Calcutta. He has experience of working for over six years in various social science areas, including competition policy & law. At CUTS his responsibilities include coordination of the activities of the Centre for Competition, Investment & Economic Regulation encompassing project development and management at the national and international level; financial management; liaison with donors, research institutions, government agencies; network with multiple stakeholders and fund raise. An alumni of United Nations University (Tokyo), Rijit has interest specifically in MDGs, Civil Society Organisations and development, and Corporate Social Responsibility.
Email: rsg@cuts.org
Mob: +91 98292 85928