Meet the Future Leaders in Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology

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Pritam Mitra

Field of Interest: Applied Behavioral Economics, Labor Economics and Poverty, Agricultural Production
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Roshan Saha

Field of Interest: Development economics, production economics, and agricultural labor markets
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Nabin Bhandari

Field of Interest: Environmental Economics, Agricultural production and risk management, and Circular Economy
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Prokash Deb

Field of Interest: Consumer Economics, Food and Nutrition Security, Applied Econometrics, Aquaculture & Fisheries Economics
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Kai Ling

Field of Interest: Environmental Economics, Econometric Modeling, Machine Learning, and Big Data
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Advisor: Dr. Wenying Li

Began program: 2022
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Hobbies are ice hockey and soccer; originally from China.

Education
  • B.S. Penn State University
  • M.S. George Washington University

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Emmanuel Kossy Okonkwo

Field of interest: Agricultural Economics & Agri-Food Economics and Trade
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Advisor: Dr. Wendiam Sawadgo

Began program: 2022
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Playing soccer, board games, travelling; originally from Nigeria.

Education

  • B.S. Federal University of Technology Owerri
  • M.S. Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poland

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Pathmanathan Sivashankar

Field of interest: Agricultural Economics

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Advisor: Dr. Samir Huseynov

Began program: 2021
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Hobbies Hiking, jogging; originally from Sri Lanka.

Education

  • B.S. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
  • M.S. University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

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Azaz Zaman

Field of interest: Production and Environmental Economics

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Advisor: Dr. Ruiqing Miao

Began program: 2022
Anticipated graduation: 2026

About me: Writing, reading lives of famous people, seeking wisdom; originally from Bangladesh.

Education

  • M.S. Oklahoma State University, USA
  • B.B.A. North South University, Bangladesh