Chandra S. Nuthalapati is a professor of economics at the Institute of Economic Growth in New Delhi, India. His research interests include food value chains, the economics of technological change, natural resource management, and the social sector. He believes in the game-changing nature of technologies for optimizing social welfare, especially for smallholders and poor consumers. He co-edited with Carl E. Pray and Ronald J. Herring his recent book, Biotechnology for Second Green Revolution in India: Socioeconomic, Political and Public Policy Issues. He is currently working on a longitudinal study of food value chains in India and the startup revolution.