An EconoTimes perspective

Sahila Kudalkar

PhD Candidate in Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Columbia University

PhD Candidate in Sustainable Development, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University, Columbia University I am a second-year PhD student in the Sustainable Development program at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. My research interests include labor, migration, political economy and biodiversity. I am especially interested in the economic, environmental, and political tradeoffs that shape the design and implementation of environmental policy. I hold Masters degrees in Public Policy (The University of Chicago), and Conservation Biology (State University of New York). I also have seven years of research and project management experience on topics such as wildlife trafficking, human-wildlife conflict, endangered species, resettlement of forest-dwellers from protected areas, and community-based conservation. I previously worked with the Wildlife Conservation Society in India.