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Indrani Gupta is Professor and Head of the Health Policy Research Unit of the
Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), Delhi, India. Prof. Gupta received her
PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland, USA. She set up a centre
for health economics and policy research in her institute, the first of its kind
in India.

Prof Gupta’s work experience has been diverse, including teaching and
academic institutes, the World Bank and the Government of India. Her areas
of interest cover a wide range of topics in the area of health economics and
policy, and include demand for health and health care, health financing and
coverage, poverty and health, costing and cost-effectiveness, economics of
diseases, and international agreements and their impact on public health.