Kasturi Das

Kasturi Das is Professor of Economics at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, Delhi-NCR (IMTG), India; and a Chevening Research, Science and Innovation Leadership Fellow 2019 at the University of Oxford, UK. In the past, Kasturi held senior faculty positions in various government of India think tanks and also had a stint in Oxfam GB. An expert on WTO issues and Climate-trade interface, Kasturi has been holding advisory positions including in the World Economic Forum’s Expert Group on Trade and Climate Change and the High-level Advisory Group on Trade and Environment of the Government of India. She also serves as a Member of Climate Strategies, London. With a PhD in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, Kasturi was the Governance of Clean Development Visiting Fellow 2011 at the University of East Anglia, UK with sponsorship of the Economic and Social Research Council. With two decades of academic, policy research and consultancy experience, Kasturi has published extensively in leading peer-reviewed journals including the American Journal of International Law, Global Environmental Change, Journal of International Economic Law, and Nature. She has consulted with multiple institutions including the University of Oxford’s Martin School, United Nations, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), to name a few.