Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay received his PhD in Quantitative Economics from the Economics & Planning Unit of Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi in 2017. Sutirtha’s PhD thesis title is “Essays on Applied Welfare Economics’. He holds M.A. degree in Economics and B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from Jadavpur University Kolkata.

His primary research interests include applied welfare economics, development economics, food and agricultural trade. His research focuses on the impact of individual level heterogeneity on aggregate welfare measurement. His research work also includes spatial impact of trade liberalization and measures of subjective well-being.