Dinsha Mistree

Dinsha Mistree

Dinsha Mistree

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

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.

publications

Journal Articles
May 2025

Job Training, English Language Skills, and Employability: Evidence from an Experiment in Urban India

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Job Training, English Language Skills, and Employability: Evidence from an Experiment in Urban India
Journal Articles
March 2025

Comparing Advantages in India’s Computer Hardware and Software Sectors

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Comparing Advantages in India’s Computer Hardware and Software Sectors
Journal Articles
July 2024

Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia

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Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia

In The News

Monitor showing Java programming
News

State Coordination and the Success of India’s Software Sector

CDDRL Research-in-Brief [4-minute read]
State Coordination and the Success of India’s Software Sector
Founding executive board members of the Stanford Space Law Society, left to right: Samantha Potter, Cody Chenxi Wang, Radhey Soundarya Gnanesh, Ruchira Naik, and Kalon Joseph Boston.
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Law students launch nation’s first student-run space law publication

A new journal explores the legal landscape of outer space. “On the West Coast, and especially in Silicon Valley, space is happening all around us … Stanford is uniquely positioned to bring law into that conversation.” Stanford Law School lecturer Erik Jensen and Dinsha Mistree, an affiliate of the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, are serving as advisors to the Stanford Space Law Society.
Law students launch nation’s first student-run space law publication
Larry Diamond, Šumit Ganguly, and Dinsha Mistree present their research in a CDDRL seminar.
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The Future of India’s Democracy

Stanford Scholars Larry Diamond, Šumit Ganguly, and Dinsha Mistree, co-editors of the recently released book "The Troubling State of India's Democracy," gathered to discuss how the decline of opposition parties in India has undermined the health of its democracy.
The Future of India’s Democracy