• David J. Spielman, a U.S. national, joined IFPRI in 2004 as a postdoctoral fellow based in Addis Ababa. His current research examines the role and impact of public-private collaboration in pro-poor agricultural research. Prior to this, Dr. ...
  • Nethra Palaniswamy, a citizen of India, joined the Development Strategy and Governance Division in October 2005.At IFPRI, her work focuses on decentralization and local governance, the political economy of public spending, and on political ...
  • Purnima Menon joined IFPRI in September 2007 as a Research Fellow, a joint appointment between the Institute's Food Consumption and Nutrition Division and its New Delhi, India office. Based in New Delhi since February 2008 , Menon conducts ...
  • Surajit Baruah, a citizen of India, joined IFPRI in 2004 as Research Analyst. Before joining IFPRI he was working with National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), New Delhi, India. He did his master degree in Applied Statistics from ...
  • Dr. Babu was educated at Agricultural Universities in Tamil Nadu, India (B.S. Agriculture; M.S. Agriculture) and at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (M.S. Economics and PhD Economics). Before joining IFPRI in 1992 as a Research Fellow, Dr. Babu ...