In the two decades of academic work, Sheetal has developed research and teaching interests in new institutional economics, the history of economic thought, economic history, development, political economy, and mathematics. Her funded research projects on public policy for development have broadened her horizons and sharpened her analytical skills, which she hopes to hone further through interdisciplinary explorations. She has developed innovative pedagogical tools that help students understand the relevance of economics to their lives. Going forward, she wishes to contribute to strengthening university education by combining economics with history, ethics, and logic.

Ph.D
Domain: Economics
University: University of California, Riverside;

M.A.
Domain: Development Economics
University: University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

B.A.
Domain: Economics
University: Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University

UG courses since 2010:

• Microeconomics
• Macroeconomics
• Statistics for Economics
• Economics Laboratory
• Political Economy
• Environmental Economics
• Economic History
• Development Economics
• Trade, Globalisation and Development
• Mathematics for Economics

PG courses since 2006:

• New Institutional Economics
• History of Economic Thought
• Game Theory
• Political Economy
• Development Economics

• History of Economic Thought
• Development Policy

• Information and Price Convergence: Government Telegraphs in British India, with Kuehlwein and Andrabi, Indian Economic and Social History Review, Vol 60, Issue 3, 2023.
• Post Offices and British Indian Grain Price Convergence, with Michael Kuehlwein and Tahir Andrabi, Economic History of Developing Regions, 35(1), pp23-49, 2020.
• Two Sides of the Colonial Coin: British and Indian women’s engagements with colonialism and patriarchy, Economics and its History, Routledge, eds Ajit Sinha and Alex Thomas, 2019.
• Indian Women’s Agency through Indian Women’s Literature, Routledge Handbook of History of Women’s Economic Thought, eds Kirsten Madden and Robert Dimand, 2018
• Re-evaluating Asoka: A Relational Contract Theoretical Explanation for Economic Transformation, with Gerard Rassendren, Journal of Dharma: Dharmaram Journal of Religions and Philosophies 42(2), 2017.

• Title : Impact of Ahaar Anudaan Yojana on Nutrition and Healthcare among Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Madhya Pradesh
  Role : Principal Investigator
  Funded by : Atal Bihari Bajpayee Institute for Good Governance and Policy Analysis, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh in 2021
• Title : Impact of MGNREGS in Preventing Distress Migration from North Karnataka
  Role : Principal Investigator
  Funded by : Rural Development & Panchayati Raj Development, Gov of Karnataka in 2022