Teesta is an economist by training and holds a Master’s degree in Development Studies from Ambedkar University, Delhi. Prior to her current role, she worked at XKDR Forum in Mumbai on women’s land rights in Maharashtra. There, she co-developed a scalable methodology and survey instrument for measuring women landowners’ agency with respect to land, and supervised data collection with approximately 200 women in Pune and Nashik districts. With a curiosity to understand people’s lived realities and the impact of policies on them, Teesta is drawn to field research. Notable among her endeavors is her research on permanent industrial workforce in Sahibabad industrial area. While passionate about dissecting the socio-cultural milieu, she also enjoys reading non-fiction books, hula hooping and baking.