Dinsha Mistree

Dinsha Mistree

Dinsha Mistree

  • Research Fellow, Hoover Institution
  • Research Fellow, Rule of Law (SLS)
  • CDDRL Affiliated Scholar
  • CDDRL Postdoctoral Scholar, 2015-16
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Biography

Dinsha Mistree is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he manages the Program on Strengthening US-Indian Relations. He is also a research fellow in the Rule of Law Program at Stanford Law School and an affiliated scholar at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. Dr. Mistree studies the relationship between governance and economic growth in developing countries. His scholarship concentrates on the political economy of legal systems, public administration, and education policy, with a regional focus on India. He holds a Ph.D. and an M.A. in Politics from Princeton University, with an S.M. and an S.B. from MIT. He previously held a postdoctoral fellowship at CDDRL and was a visiting scholar at IIM-Ahmedabad.

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Commentary

India, Before It Was Cool

Šumit Ganguly joins Dinsha Mistree on the Hoover Institution's "Matters of Policy and Politics" podcast with host Bill Whalen to discuss what the future holds for India, which has the world’s largest population and whose demographics are changing, as well as its tastes in work, leisure, and family planning.
India, Before It Was Cool