She received her B.S. from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and her Ph.D. in economics from Yale University. She pursues a research agenda at the intersection of development and environmental economics. Her research centres on the themes of climate change, adaptation, agriculture and irrigation, with a regional focus on India. Her recent work analyses issues such as the ability of farmers in low-income countries to adapt to climate change, the spillover effects of agricultural climate damages on education and migration, and the implications of groundwater scarcity in developing countries.