Jishnu Das

McCourt Distinguished Professor of Public Policy, Georgetown University


Prof. Jishnu Das is a distinguished professor of public policy at the McCourt School of Public Policy at Georgetown University. Jishnu’s work focuses on health and education in low and middle-income countries. With more than 100 published papers, his research has had widespread impact across multiple countries in both education and health and has been recognized through multiple awards. He holds degrees in economics from St. Stephen’s College (Delhi), Cambridge (U.K.) and Harvard University (USA).