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Dr. Nisha Pandey
Director
nisha.pandey@gidr.ac.in
director@gidr.ac.in
Dr. Nisha Pandey is Director & Professor, Gujarat Institute of Development Research,
Ahmadabad. She was the Professor and the Chairperson of the Yunus Centre for Social
Business at Vivekanand Education Society Business School in Mumbai. She is also visiting
scholar at INTI International University, Malaysia and visiting professor at MIU International
University Fairfield, Iowa, USA. Dr. Pandey is Ph.D. in Environment Economics from Harcourt
Butler Technological Institute in Kanpur, as well as post-doctoral research experience from IIT
Bombay. She has worked in numerous inter-disciplinary research projects at prestigious
institutions such as Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Management Development Institute,
Gurgaon, and Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur, and has presented and published
over 40 papers at national and international conferences, forums, and journals. She is the author
of three books on social entrepreneurship and womens empowerment. She has presented her
research papers in numerous countries, including the Academy of Management in the United
States, Thailand, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. She got funding from the South Asian Network
of Development and Environment Economics (SANDEE). Dr. Pandey has completed funded
projects from various agencies like MMRD and DST - NIMAT projects, Impactful Policy Research
in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) funded by ICSSR as well as Social Impact Assessment
Ahmadabad Municipal Corporation funded by World Bank. She is also working in the project
funded by MGNCRE, Government of India on the Aspiration District Program for Policy
Assessment.