Ayona Bhattacharjee is an Associate Professor of Economics. She pursued her PhD in Economics from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in the area of Economics and Social Sciences. She obtained her Master's degree in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi and BSc. in Economics from Presidency College, Kolkata. She had also qualified the UGC-NET Exam in Economics. Prior to joining IMI Delhi, she was an Assistant Professor at O.P Jindal Global Business School, where she taught undergraduate and post-graduate courses in Economics. She also has three years of industry experience in Data Analytics firms. Prior to joining the doctoral program, she was as an associate consultant at Symphony Marketing Solutions (now Genpact) in Bangalore and later, a business analyst with HSBC Analytics, Kolkata.

Her research interests include issues related to various aspects of healthcare, with a focus on trade in health sector, health worker mobility, technology adoption in health sector, links between health and inequality and so on. She has presented her work at several national and international conferences including health-related conferences organized by iHEA, Health Economists’ Study Group, GLoHMT and others. She has been actively involved in research projects with the UNESCAP, WHO, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), European University Institute (EUI), Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) and others.