Education

  • PhD Student, Agricultural and Consumer Economics Department, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Aug, 2017 – Present)
  • M.Sc. in Economics, TERI University, New Delhi (May 2014)
  • B.A. Economics (H), Department of Economics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (May 2012)

Work Experience

  • 2016 – 2017: Consultant, Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, India
  • 2015 – 2016: Senior Project Associate, Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, India
  • 2015: Legislative Research Associate, Office of Husain Dalwai, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), New Delhi, India
  • 2014 – 2015: LAMP Fellow, PRS Legislative, New Delhi, India

Selected Conference Presentations

  • Indian Biodiversity Congress: Chennai, India. December 2014

Languages

English (Fluent), Hindi (Native)

Email

paavani2 (at) illinois (dot) edu