Pritha Banerjee is a Consultant at the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi. She is a development economist with over ten years of experience in policy research, economic analysis, and programme evaluation. Her research focuses on agriculture and food systems, rural livelihoods, sustainability, gender, regional development, and South–South cooperation. Prior to joining RIS, she worked with the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation (BRLF), the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), and the Centre for WTO Studies (CWS) , Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT). She holds an M.Phil. in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University and has submitted her Ph.D. thesis at CESP, JNU. Her publications have appeared in Economic & Political Weekly, Indian Journal of Economics, and Ideas for India. Her research on India's water crisis was cited in the Economic Survey of India 2017–18.