Sayantan (Sunny) Mitra
Job Market Paper:
The Forest-Development Tradeoff: How are Local Populations Impacted When Infrastructure Projects Replace Forests?
CV:
Fields of research:
  • Development Economics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Labor Economics
Publications / Working Papers:
    • “Is Afforestation Really Compensatory?: Long-Term Effect of Governmental Approval of Deforestation and Accompanied Afforestation on District-level Forest Cover” (draft available on request)

    • “Diffusion of Machine-harvestable Chickpeas and Implications for Female Labor Markets in India” with Aprajit Mahajan and Swamikannu Nedumaran (draft available on request)

Education:
  • Ph.D, Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Berkeley (Expected May 2025)
  • BA, Economics and Mathematics, The College of Wooster (2016)
Honors and Awards:
    • Institute for South Asia Studies Bhattacharya Graduate Research Fellowship (2024)
    • Katherine S. and James K. Lau Graduate Fellowship in Climate Equity (2022)
    • Davis Project for Peace Award (2021)
    • J-PAL King Climate Action Initiative Research Award (2020)
    • Graduate Remote Instruction Innovation Fellowship (2020)
    • Giannini Foundation for Agricultural Economics Exploratory Research Grant (2019)
    • Dan F. Lockhart Outstanding Senior Award (2016)
    • Clinton Global Initiative (University) Commitment to Action Fellowship (2015)
    • Omicron Delta Epsilon (2015)
    • Interdisciplinary Contest in Mathematical Modeling Global Finalist (2014)
    • International Student Association Inspiration Award (2014)
Teaching:
  • Economics of Natural Resources (Larry Karp)- Teaching Assistant- UC Berkeley - Fall 2021
  • Economics of Water Resources (David Sunding )- Teaching Assistant- UC Berkeley - Spring 2021
  • Economics of Natural Resources (Larry Karp)- Teaching Assistant - UC Berkeley - Fall 2020
  • Macroeconomics (Amyaz Moledina)- Teaching Assistant - College of Wooster - Spring 2016
  • Linear Algebra (James Hartman)- Teaching Assistant - College of Wooster - Fall 2015
  • Multivariate Calculus (Mary-Jo Kreuzman)- Teaching Assistant - College of Wooster - Spring 2014
  • Principles of Economics (Shu-Ling Wang)- Teaching Assistant - College of Wooster - Fall 2013
References:
Contact Information:

207 Giannini Hall, Agricultural & Resource Economics,

University of California- Berkeley, Berkeley, California- 94720

Email: sayantan_mitra@berkeley.edu

Personal Website: https://sites.google.com/view/sunnymitra

Placement Directors:

Professor Maximilian Auffhammer
auffhammer@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-643-5472

Professor Sofia Villas-Boas
sberto@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-409-4341

Placement Officer:

Diana Lazo
lazo@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-642-3345

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