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…

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.…

Satish Kumar is a Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Doctoral Fellow at TCI. He is a PhD student in public policy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Satish’s PhD projects examine agriculture-nutrition linkages via agricultural diversification in semi-arid climates. His research interests…

Jialu Li is a research support specialist in TCI. Her primary research interest is exploring technological and innovative strategies that help accelerate the global sustainable agriculture transformation. She is also interested in the gender dimension of the transformation phase. Before…

Terry provides administrative support to TCI. She first began working at Cornell University in 1988 and has held a number of positions in various departments and colleges since then. She holds a bachelor’s degree in music/business/marketing (music merchandising). She has…

Dr. Bhaskar Mittra is the associate director of TCI and teaches at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). He is responsible for managing India-based operations for TCI and is the TISS Representative to the Technical Assistance and Research for…

Maya Nair provides administrative support to the TCI office located in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. She has been working with TCI since 2013. Maya earned her Bachelor of Commerce from Mumbai University.…

Dr. Prabhu Pingali is the founding director of TCI and a professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, with an appointment in the Department of Global Development in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences…

Dr. Milorad (Misha) Plavsic is TCI’s manager for strategic initiatives. While most of TCI’s activities are focused on India, Misha’s main role is to lead the Institute’s expansion to other countries. Before joining TCI, Misha worked as a food system…

Raghav is a postdoctoral associate at the Tata-Cornell Institute. His research broadly examines the implementation and impact of health and nutrition policies in India. Raghav received his PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs…