Ananya Mukherjee

Dr. Ananya Mukherjee joined Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR on 31 January 2022, taking charge from from Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh.

Prior to joining the University, Dr. Mukherjee served as Provost and Vice-President Academic at University of British Columbia (UBC), Okanagan Canada and Professor in the Department of Economics, Philosophy and Political Science. In 2020, Dr. Mukherjee was appointed Co-executive lead for Anti-racism at UBC.

Dr. Mukherjee obtained her doctoral degree in Political Economy & Public Policy from the University of Southern California, USA and her BA and MA degrees in Economics from Jadavpur University, India. Her scholarly work, especially since 2008, has sought to contribute to theories of alternative development, with a focus on the theme of justice. She has contributed to discourses in the fields of Development, Public Policy, Transitional Justice, Corporate Governance and Gender Studies. Her work on development has appeared in books (single-authored and co-edited), journals, research reports and in popular media and in multiple languages.