She did her Ph.D. from Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata and worked in the area of Disequilibrium Economics. She has research publications in reputed national and international Journals. At present, she is working on Computable General Equilibrium Models, productivity and efficiency analysis using Data Envelopment Approach and Stochastic Frontier Models. She has presented research papers and chaired session at different international conferences and symposia, completed major projects funded by various agencies such as UNTAD-INDIA, UGC and ICSSR, among others, and also supervised Ph.D. students. She has authored two books, and edited another one. Her major areas of interest are econometrics, macroeconomics and applied development economics.