Dr. Suchitra Pandey completed her PhD from the Department of Economics & Finance at Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, India. Her research interests encompass Environmental and Resource Economics, Development Economics, Econometrics, and Gender Economics. Suchitra has published in prominent journals, including the Journal of Cleaner Production and International Journal of Social Economics, and has presented her work at various international conferences, including the Singapore Economic Review Conference and the 6th SANEM Annual Economists\\ Conference. She holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Banaras Hindu University and a Bachelor of Arts from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University.