
Academic / Economics
Sruthi S
Sruthi S is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram, with teaching experience at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels since 2015. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Kerala, where she was a rank holder, and a Master's degree in Econometrics from the University of Madras, for which she was awarded the Gold Medal. In 2019, she was selected as a K. N. Raj Fellow at the Centre for Development Studies (JNU), Thiruvananthapuram.
Her academic interests include Econometrics, urban economics, and higher education. Her research focuses on urbanization in India, particularly issues of inequality, sustainability, and spatial development.
Prior to joining Mahatma Gandhi College, she taught at Mar Ivanios College and IIT Madras. She also founded EconSpaces, a philanthropic higher education initiative that provides free mentoring and coaching in economics, helping students connect academic learning with real-world applications.