National Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Dr. Smita Sirohi
FELLOW, ELECTED 2022

Born in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India on 7 January 1970. Schooling from St. Maria Goretti High School, Bareilly, 1976-1984, Hartmann College, Bareilly 1984-86; Bachelors Economics (Hons.), Delhi University, 1986-1989; Masters Economics 1991, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi; Doctorate 1999, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.

Adviser (Agriculture and Marine Products), Embassy of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the European Union, 2019 to date

Scientist, 1993-2002, Senior Scientist, 2002-2007, Principal Scientist, 2007-2015, Head of Division, 2015-2019; National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana; National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi.

Awards/Honours: Foundation Day Award, National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, 2021. RT Doshi Award AERA, 2001, Guest Researcher Fellowship, Hamburg Institute of International Economics, Hamburg, Germany, 2004.

Fellow: National Academy of Dairy Sciences

Research Areas: Agriculture policy, climate change and international trade

Address: Councellor (RG)/Adviser (Agri. & Marine Products), Embassy of India to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU, 1050 Brussels, Belgium; 12, Avenue Chateau de Walzin, Uccle, Belgium 1180; [Tel: Off. +3226451856 Cell: +32 471777001, +919416003364; Email: adviser2.brussels@mea.gov.in; smitasirohi@yahoo.com]