Our Faculty
Prof (Dr) Gopinath Pillai,
(Dr) Gopinath Pillai, currently Professor of Philosophy at Samaira Policy Research Institute, has previously been a National Fellow at the Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Ministry of Education, Government of India. He has previously also been a Fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Rashtrapati Niwas Shimla.
Prof (Dr) Nidhi Sharma
Nidhi Sharma is the Professor of Economics at Banaras Hindu University, author of Three Books, forty research articles and the recipient of the Prestigious Research Award (2014-16) of UGC. She is also the Executive member of the Indian Society of Labour Economics.
Prof Maya Tudor
Prof Maya Tudor is the Professor of Politics and Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Fellow at St.Hilda’s College, University of Oxford. She has previously been a fellow at Harvard University and Stanford University. She has also been the Special Assistant to Chief Economist, World Bank and has also worked with UNICEF and the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee.
Prof Richard Craswell
Prof Richard Craswell is the Professor of Law at Stanford Law School, Stanford University. Previously he has taught at University of Chicago. Previously he has also worked with the U.S Federal Trade Commission.
Dr. Atanu Purkayastha
Dr. Atanu Purkayastha, IAS (Retd) is a retired Indian Administrative Officer of 1983 Batch (West Bengal Cadre). He has served as Secretary, Central Information Commission, Joint Secretary in the Department of Agriculture & Coopertaion, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Government of India, Additional Chief Secretary, West Bengal among other assignments. He has also been a consultant to the World Bank.
Fr (Dr.) John Kennedy
Fr (Dr.) John Kennedy is currently the member of Governing council of Loyola University, Chicago, USA. He has previously worked with University Grant Commission, India.
Dr. Nitya Nanda
Dr. Nitya Nanda has previously been the Director of Council for Social Development, ICSSR for six years. He has been previously worked with TERI and National Council for Applied Economics Research.
Dr. Vedvasyas Kundu
Dr. Vedvasyas Kundu is the Program Officer at Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, Government of India.