Harold van Es is a professor of soil and water management and former chair of the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences at Cornell University. He received degrees from the University of Amsterdam, Iowa State University, and North Carolina State University. He works on approaches to precision soil management, with current emphases on soil health,…

Mary-Catherine (M.C.) provides administrative support to the Tata-Cornell Institute. She first began working at Cornell University in 1982 and has held a number of positions in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the College of Veterinary Medicine, and most recently in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. M.C. was raised in a military family and…

Aishwarya Gawali is an associate researcher at the TCI Center of Excellence in New Delhi, India. She previously worked as a research associate at the Centre for Sustainable Employment at Azim Premji University and as a research fellow with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. She has an M.A. in economics from the…

Sage Grasso-Monroe is a research support specialist at TCI. In this role, she assists with the institutional capacity measurement component of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Crop Improvement. Sage received her Master of Professional Studies in Global Development, concentrating in International Agriculture and Rural Development, from Cornell University. Her research interests lay at…

Shubhangi Gupta is a PhD student in the field of applied economics and management. Her research interests lie in the intersection of gender, health, and education, and wants her research to have a real-world impact at the ground level. Prior to joining TCI, Shubhangi was a research associate at the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action…

Soumya Gupta is a research economist at TCI. Her research interests lie at the intersections of food security, agriculture, and maternal and child nutrition. Soumya received her PhD from Cornell University’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. She was awarded the inaugural Paula Kantor Award for Excellence in Field Research by the International Council…

Ekta Joshi is a PhD student in the field of applied economics and management. She is interested in how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development in developing countries. Her research is focused on the scope and ability of farmer producer organizations (FPOs) to promote smallholder commercialization and aid agricultural development in India….

Annie Gurmeher Kaur is an MS-PhD student in the field of applied economics and management. Her research interests revolve around the UN sustainable development goals, particularly analyzing how poverty, nutrition, education, and gender intersect and interact with one another, as well as how the agricultural sector can be made more productive and efficient. She is…

Naveen Sridhar Kottayil is a research support specialist at TCI. His primary interests lie in creating forward and backward linkages for farmers and producers in order to formulate sustainable agriculture solutions and improve the incomes of Indian farmers. Naveen previously worked as a program officer for TCI in New Delhi. He received an MPS in…

Manoj Kumar is an administrative assistant for TCI in India, providing overall office management, organizing travel logistics, preparing budgets, and tracking expenses. He earned his MBA in hotel management from Punjab Technical University.