Ms. Jayshree Sengupta
Senior Fellow

Joined ORF
July 2004

Expertise
Economics

Background
After graduating from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University with MA in Economics, she studied at the London School of Economics where she completed MSc. Econ and M. Phil in Economics. She was a lecturer in Miranda House and Indraprastha College (Delhi University) from 1970 to 1977. She was Programme coordinator at Indian Council for International Economic Relations (ICRIER), from 1981-1985. She has worked on commodities trade-tea, jute, leather and cotton.

She was a consultant for World Bank Washington D.C. from 1985-1990 and in OECD (Paris) in 1991. She coauthored a book with Professor S. Sideri of ISS (Hague) on 'The 1992 Single European Market and the third World(Frank Cass, London) in 1992. From 1994-1998 she was a Consulting Editor at the Obeserver of Business and Politics, an economic news daily. She was a Senior Editor in Hindustan Times (1998-2004). At the ORF, she has written a book on the Indian Economy, "A nation in Transition,Understanding the Indian Economy" (Academic Foundation, New Delhi, 2008). She is currently engaged in another book on the Global Financial Crisis and its impact on India.

Presently
She is a Senior fellow at ORF's Centre for Economy and Development.

E-mail ID: jayshrees@orfonline.org