Nandan Nawn

Nandan Nawn is an economist. He uses the lenses offered by transdisciplinary ecological economics in research and writing. His works are situated at the cusp of environment and development. He currently serves as the RBI Chair Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, on lien leave from the Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). With over 25 years of experience across academia, research, and policy, he has taught at TERI School of Advanced Studies, the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, and the University of Delhi before joining JMI. His writings span economic and ecological dimensions of sustainability, bio-econom, climate finance and environmental governance. He has contributed significantly to national policy initiatives, academic publishing and capacity building in ecological economics.

Past Affiliations:
Professor & Associate Professor, TERI School of Advanced Studies
Assistant Professor, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS)
Lecturer, University of Delhi
Junior Project Associate, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP)

Educational Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2012)
M.Phil. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (1998)
M.A. in Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (1995)
B.Sc. (Hons.) in Economics, University of Calcutta (1993)

Selected Publications:

• Nawn, N. (2027, in press) ‘Augmenting biodiversity in India: some economic dimensions’ in Arijita Dutta and Nitya Nanda, eds., Navigating the Indian Economic Policy Dealing with 21st Century Challenges, Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Navigating-the-Indian-Economic-Policy-Dealing-with-21st-Century-Challenges/Dutta-Nanda/p/book/9781041038856
• Nawn, N. (2025). Addressing climate-related financial risks: Interrogating efficacy of actions by RBI. In Financing Climate Action: India in a Global Context. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003589709-10
• Nawn, N. (2025). Public policy in response to planetary crises: Scale matters in augmenting biodiversity and improving resilience of financial ecosystems. In Environmental Studies from India: Engaging with the Planetary Ecological Crisis. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780198984115.003.0022
• (2021) (with K Bawa, A Sengupta, V Chavan, R Chellam, R. Ganesan, J Krishnaswamy, V B Mathur, S B Olsson, N Pandit, S Quader, P Rajagopal, U Ramakrishnan, G Ravikanth, M Sankaran, D Shankar, R Seidler, R U Shaanker, A T Vanak) ‘Securing biodiversity, securing our future: A national Mission on biodiversity and human well-being for India’ Biological Conservation 253: 108867. ISSN: 0006-3207
• (2020) (with K Bawa, R Chellam, J Krishnaswamy, V Mathur, S B Olsson, N Pandit, P Rajagopal, M Sankaran, R U Shaanker, D Shankar, U Ramakrishnan, A T Vanak, and S Quader) ‘Envisioning a biodiversity science for sustaining human well-being’ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of United States of America 117 (42): 25951–25955. ISSN: 1091-6490. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2018436117
• (2016) ‘Sustaining the Farming Household for Sustaining the Farming’ Journal of Agrarian Change 16 (1): 94–122. ISSN: 1471-0358