Dr Sukanya Das is an environmental economist with an interest in environmental valuation and policy. Prior to joining TERI SAS she was a Faculty at Madras School of Economics for more than seven years after completing her Ph.D from Jadavpur University. She has an expertise in handling research projects in the area of environmental and resource economics, water economics and health economics.

She teaches courses in Environmental and Resource Economics, Environmental Valuation, Economics of Health and Environment.Her current research interests include environmental valuation particularly in the area of water and wastewater management, Ecosystem services. Agricultural economics, Water economics, Urbanisation and environment.

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Publications:

• Suthar, S., Das, S., Nagpure, A., Madhurantakam, C., Tiwari, S. B., Gahlot, P., & Tyagi, V. K. (2021). Epidemiology and diagnosis, environmental resources quality and socio-economic perspectives for COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of environmental management, vol 280,111700
• Dutta, A., & Das, S. (2020). Adoption of grid-connected solar rooftop systems in the state of Jammu and Kashmir: A stakeholder analysis. Energy Policy, 140, 111382.
• Chopra, V., & Das, S. (2019): Estimating Willingness to Pay for Wastewater Treatment in New Delhi: Contingent Valuation Approach., INSEE Journal, Vol 2(2), pp 75-108
• Gupta S., Das S., Murty M.N(2019): Quantifying Air Pollution Vulnerability and its Distributional Consequences: Some Perspectives., INSEE Journal., Vol 2(1), pp 93-125
• Bouzit, M, Das S.,Cary L.,2018, Valuing Treated Wastewater and Reuse: Preliminary Implications From a Meta-Analysis , Water Economics and Policy, 4.02 ; 1650044
• Starkl, M., Anthony, J., Aymerich, E., Brunner, N., Chubilleau, C., Das, S., Ghangrekar, M.M., Kazmi, A.A., Philip, L. and Singh, A., 2018, Interpreting best available technologies more flexibly: A policy perspective for municipal wastewater management in India and other developing countries , Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 71, pp.132-141
• Rahut D.B.,Das S ., De Groote H.,Behara B 2014, Determinants of Household Energy use in Bhutan, Energy , Volume 69(1)., pp 661-672
• Birol E, Das S 2012, Valuing the environment in developing countries: Modeling the impact of distrust in public authorities’ ability to deliver on the citizens’ willingness to pay for improved environmental quality, Urban Water Journal, Volume 9, Issue 4, August 2012, pages 249-258
• Birol E, Das S 2010, Estimating the value of improved wastewater treatment: The case of River Ganga, India , Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier vol 91, pp 2163- 2171
• Begum Z. and S. Das ,2018, Global and Indian Supply Chain of Textiles , In A Study of India's Textile Exports and Environmental Regulations, edited by K. Kumar. Singapore: Springer
• Sahu S.K., Das S 2016, Impact of Agricultural Related Technology Adoption on Poverty: A Study of Select Households in Rural India, in Technology- Corporate and Social Dimensions, pp 141-156, Springer International Publishing Ltd.c

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