Dr. Tanu Gupta is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Southampton Delhi (UoSD), Gurugram. Before joining UoSD, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. She earned her BA (Hons) in economics from the University of Delhi and her MA in economics from the Delhi School of Economics. She received her PhD in economics from the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai. She was a Visiting PhD Scholar at UNU-WIDER, Helsinki, from September to November 2021, and is an active member of Environment for Development (EfD).
Dr. Gupta’s research is primarily in development economics, with a focus on environment, labor, and identity. She has published in reputed international journals and has received several research grants including J-PAL and ICIMOD. In addition to academic publications, she writes for policy platforms such as IndiaSpend, Policy Edge, and Ideas for India to reach a wider policy audience.
As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr. Gupta is studying household demand for electric stoves and how demand responds to various subsidy and price levels. The project will examine whether access to electric cooking reduces reliance on traditional solid fuels and lowers household air pollution and related health risks.