School of Advanced
International Studies

Shoumitro Chatterjee is an Assistant Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Before joining SAIS, he was a faculty at the Pennsylvania State University and Georgetown University. Professor Chatterjee’s research is at the intersection of trade and development economics. One strand of his research focuses on trade in agricultural markets and supply chains, where he studies issues related to market power, inefficiencies, and low farmer incomes. In India, Professor Chatterjee’s research has examined the consequences of on inter-state trade restrictions on the agricultural sector, and of farm subsidies on the environment. Along with a team of inter-disciplinary researchers, he has also conducted a large-scale study of agricultural markets, supply chains and intermediaries in the three states of Punjab, Bihar, and Odisha. Another strand of his research related to the study of globalization, structural transformation, and development.

Pravin Krishna is the Chung Ju Yung Distinguished Professor of International Economics and Business at Johns Hopkins University, where he is jointly appointed in the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC and the Department of Economics in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences (KSAS) in Baltimore. Professor Krishna is also Co-Chair of the Bernard L. Schwartz Globalization Initiative at Johns Hopkins SAIS and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). Professor Krishna has previously been Professor of Economics at Brown University and has also held appointments at a number of other universities, including the University of Chicago, Columbia University, Princeton University, Stanford University and INSEAD. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

India plays a central role in global energy markets and climate policy. My work focuses on finding sustainable solutions to meeting India's energy needs. Recent work has studied renewable energy integration in the Indian power system, alternative livelihoods for coal mining communities, and strategies to gradually phase out coal.

Joshua T. White is Professor of the Practice of International Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS, and serves as the inaugural director of the U.S.-ASEAN and U.S.-Pacific Institutes for Rising Leaders. He is also a Nonresident Fellow in the Foreign Policy program at The Brookings Institution. He previously served at the White House as Senior Advisor & Director for South Asian Affairs at the National Security Council, where he staffed the President and National Security Advisor on the full range of South Asia policy issues pertaining to India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and the Indian subcontinent, and led efforts to integrate U.S. government policy planning across South and East Asia. Prior to joining the White House, Dr. White was a Senior Associate and Co-Director of the South Asia program at The Stimson Center and, previously, Senior Advisor for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a position he held in conjunction with an International Affairs Fellowship from the Council on Foreign Relations. While at the Pentagon he supported Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter in advancing the U.S.-India Defense Technology and Trade Initiative, and advised on a broad set of defense issues related to the department’s rebalance to the Asia-Pacific. He graduated magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College with a double major in history and mathematics, and received his PhD with distinction from Johns Hopkins SAIS.