Sugandha is DPhil candidate in Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford supervised by Prof Cameron Hepburn and Assistant Professor Jacquelyn Pless.

Sugandha’s research interests include the economics of innovation, energy and environmental economics, public economics and political economy.

Her current research includes assessing the impact of risk-reducing policies in incentivizing frontier innovation; the interaction of market failures and its effect on the direction of innovation; and the political-economy of energy transitions.

She previously worked as an environmental economist at Vivid Economics in London, and prior to that, as a trade economist at ICRIER in New Delhi. Sugandha has worked with governments, international organisations and private firms to advise on various aspects of climate policy.