Ms. Ela Bhatt
Founder, SEWA
Ms Ela Bhatt  joined IRADe in 2024, as Director. She has been involved with inter-disciplinary research areas of sustainability, gender issues, urbanization with econometric applications.
She did her Doctorate from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) Mumbai in 1998 and her Master’s in Economics from JNU, New Delhi. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata.
Before joining IRADe, Dr. Sudipa had been Deputy Director and Professor at Symbiosis School of Economics (SSE) Pune after spending 16 years as a senior lecturer in Dubai and South Korea.
She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, (United Kingdom) and Senior Fellow at the Symbiosis Centre for Urban Studies, Pune.
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