Environmental Economics Unit, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi

Purnamita Dasgupta is Chair Professor & Head, Environmental Economics Unit, at Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India. Her research and teaching focus on the relationship between environment and economic development, with a special focus on the concerns of climate change, human health, and sustainability. She specialises in applying economic models for costing, valuation, and financial analysis while working in interdisciplinary teams. Her research has been funded by grants from the Government of India and several international agencies. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Cambridge, UK, and Johns Hopkins University, USA. She has served as a CLA of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate

Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). She has served on several committees of the Government of India. Her publications include books (Springer Nature) and several articles in books and international journals, and she serves on several international editorial boards and review committees.