Nilanjan is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research on the Economics of Climate, Food, Energy & Environment, Indian Statistical Institute Delhi. He has a doctoral degree in Economics from the Department of Economic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur.

His research interest lies in Development Economics, Applied Microeconomics, and Experimental Economics. More specifically, my PhD research focuses on evaluating a public policy related to early childhood education. He has also used experimental data to measure the impact of forced migration on different dimensions of identity and social behavior.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, University of Calcutta and a master’s degree from Centre for Development Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.