An economist and policy specialist with two decades of academic, policy research and administrative experience . Prior to joining IIM Lucknow ,was engaged with IISD as a Principal Policy Adviser. In this capacity have also been leading UNEP India Mission on Measurement of SDG 12.c.1. Besides that I was associated as a Senior Consultant with Tata Trusts for the India Consensus Project administered jointly by Tata Trust and Copenhagen Consensus Centre, USA. My notable engagement in the past includes serving as Member of the sub-group on transport sector formed by Government of India for providing inputs to the India Chapter of the Energy Technology Perspectives 2010, have around 70 publications to my credit that includes ABDC A* and A rated journals and with publishers like Edward Elgar, Oxford University Press, Elsevier Science, Sage, among others. areas of teaching and research interests include- Economics, Entrepreneurship, Public Policy, Business Sustainability, ESG Issues.