Earlier, she has been at the teaching faculty of the Department of Economics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur and at the Ahmedu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. She has also worked as senior research fellow at the Departmentof Economics, University of California, Berkeley (USA) and at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Dr Purohit has also been visiting Professor ata the Maison des Sciences De L'Homme, Paris (France). Dr (Mrs.) Purohit has written many articles in the leading economic journals in the areas of industrial economics, monetary economics and public finance.