The IFPRI South Asia Office hosts globally renowned experts with extensive expertise in agriculture, gender, nutrition and social protection. Leveraging decades of collective experience, our team implements impactful research and capacity-building programs in the region and beyond.
Research Units: Agrifood Innovation and Resilience (AIR); Development Strategies and Governance (DSG); Foresight and Policy Modeling (FPM); Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI); Nutrition, Diets, and Health (NDH); and Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion (PGI).

Shahidur Rashid
Director for South Asia

Manmeet Ajmani
Senior Research Analyst, FPM

Muzna Alvi
Research Fellow, NRR

Rasmi Avula
Research Fellow, NDH

Prapti Barooah
Senior Research Analyst, NRR

Ezaboo Beniwal
Research Analyst, DSG

Suman Chakrabarti
Associate Research Fellow, NDH

Jyotsana Dua
Senior Office Manager, DSG

Pushkar Gaur
Research Analyst, MTI

Shweta Gupta
Senior Research Analyst, NRR

Razin Iqbal Kabir
Senior Research Analyst, DSG

Abul Kamar
Senior Research Analyst, DSG

Avinash Kishore
Senior Research Fellow, DSG

Anjani Kumar
Senior Research Fellow, DSG

Purnima Menon
Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Policy

Sudha Narayanan
Research Fellow, DSG

Sumanta Neupane
Program Manager, NDH

Barun Deb Pal
Research Coordinator, FPM

Mamata Pradhan
Research Coordinator, DSG

Devesh Roy
Senior Research Fellow, DSG

Tushar Singh
Senior Research Analyst, NRR

Nabila Shaima
Research Analyst, DSG

Kriti Sharma
Research Analyst, DSG

