Punarjit Roychowdhury is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics at the Shiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR, India. Formerly, he held tenured positions at the University of Nottingham and Indian Institute of Management, Indore. He holds a PhD in Economics from Southern Methodist University Primarily an applied microeconomist, his research interests lie in the fields of development and labor economics. His research papers have appeared in well-known international journals including Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, World Bank Economic Review, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Development Studies, World Development, Economics of Education Review among several others. He also writes for the popular press and his pieces have appeared in leading national dailies like HIndustan Times, Mint, Indian Express, MoneyControl, and Hindu BusinessLine.