Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development

Dr. Anjali Purushotham


    Research interests:
  • Food systems transformation
  • Nutrition transition
  • Public health
  • Rural transformation

    • Education:
  • Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Georg-August University Göttingen (2021)
  • M.Sc., Sustainable International Agriculture, Georg-August University Göttingen (2016)
  • B.Sc., Agricultural Marketing and Cooperation, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (2014)

    • Experience:
  • IMMANA career development fellow, Chair of Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University Göttingen and International Food Policy Research Institute, South Asia Region, New Delhi (November 2022 - June 2022)
  • Postdoctoral researcher, Chair of Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University Göttingen (August 2021 - October 2022)
  • Doctoral researcher, Chair of Agricultural Policy, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University Göttingen (January 2018 – July 2021)
    • DFG Research Unit 2432 “Social-ecological systems in the Indian rural-urban interface: functions, scale, and dynamics of transition”
  • Research assistant, DFG Research Unit 2432 “Social-ecological systems in the Indian rural-urban interface: functions, scale, and dynamics of transition”, (October 2016 – May 2017)
  • Intern, Mother Dairy Processing Limited, Bangalore, India (July 2013 – September 2013)

    • Languages:
    English (fluent), Hindi (fluent), Kannada (native), German (good knowledge)

    Publication:
  • Purushotham, A., Aiyar, A., von Cramon-Taubadel, S. (2023). "Processed foods, socio-economic status, and obesity in peri-urban India". Food Policy 117, p. 102450. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102450
  • Purushotham, A., Mittal, N., Ashwini, B.C., Umesh, K.B., von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Vollmer, S. (2022). “A quantile regression analysis of dietary diversity and anthropometric outcomes among children and women in the rural-urban interface of Bangalore, India”. Food Policy 107, p. 102216. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2021.102216
  • Purushotham, A. (2021). “Household and Individual Nutrition in the Rural-Urban interface of Bengaluru”. In: Hoffmann, E., Buerkert, A., von Cramon-Taubadel, S., Umesh, K.B., Pethandlahalli Shivaraj, P., Vazhacharickal, P.J. (eds). The Rural-Urban Interface: The urban BookSeries. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79972-4