Education
PhD in Applied Economics, Cornell University
Subjects
Development Economics, Gender, Climate Change, Digital Technology Adoption, Food Systems, Behavioral Economics, Machine Learning
Achievements
Chancellor's Gold Medal for outstanding academic performance in the Master's program at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR); straight-A record throughout graduate studies; Tata-Cornell Institute Scholarship for five consecutive years; published in World Development, Journal of International Development, and Global Food Security
About
Shree is a PhD candidate in Applied Economics at Cornell University with over a decade of research experience across the Global South. Her work spans gender, climate change, digital technology adoption, and food systems transformation, combining causal analysis with behavioral economics and machine learning. She holds an MPhil and a Master’s in Economics from IGIDR, has led large-scale household surveys, and has mentored younger PhD students and research staff for over ten years.
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