Bio
Saumitra Jha is Associate Professor of Political Economy at Stanford’s Graduate School of Business.
Saumitra holds a BA from Williams College, master’s degrees in economics and mathematics from the University of Cambridge, and a PhD in economics from Stanford University. Prior to joining the GSB, Saumitra was an Academy Scholar at Harvard University. Having grown up in England, Scotland and the Indian Himalaya, Saumitra’s research now takes him around South Asia and further afield to sub-Saharan Africa, Mexico and the Pacific Rim. Saumitra has consulted on economic and political risk issues for the United Nations/ WTO and the World Bank.