Bhavna Rai is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy at the Indian School of Business (ISB). Professor Rai is an econometrician. Her current research focuses on developing new and improved methods for dealing with missing data--a ubiquitous problem in empirical work. Her methods span both cross-sectional and panel data, using linear as well as nonlinear models. She is interested in applying these methods to empirical questions in microeconomics. She has also briefly worked on energy and environmental policy issues confronting India and other developing countries.

Professor Rai holds a PhD in Economics from Michigan State University, an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce.