Dr Paramita Bhattacharya
Dr Paramita Bhattacharya is Assistant Director at CPHR.
Paramita’s research focuses on health financing, health economics, and economic evidence. At CPHR she leads the grant proposal writing, co-leading of research projects and supervision of junior team members.
In 2015, she was awarded Dr. R. T. Doshi First Prize for her paper on ‘India’s National Food Security Act 2013: Food distribution through revamped public distribution system or food stamps and cash transfers?’, and Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Managing Critical Resources: Food, Energy and Water, by CEDP, IIM Calcutta.
Paramita has MSc in Economics from University of Calcutta, and MPhil in Economics from CSRD, JNU, New Delhi. She was awarded PhD in Economics from Jadavpur University in 2020.