Dr. Pradyot Ranjan Jena is currently working as Associate Professor at the School of Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK). He has published 40 journal papers in reputed international peer reviewed journals, one book, and several conference proceedings and book chapters. He has led 10 national and international research projects funded by IFAD, CGIAR, Government of Australia, Indian Council of Social Science Research, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany, and Poverty, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet). As part of these projects, he has collected primary data in countries such as India, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. Dr. Jena’s core research area of expertise is impact evaluation, food security, and climate change. He has undertaken several impact evaluation studies using randomized control trial technique and other parametric and semi-parametric methods. He has traveled across continents and has experience about rural livelihoods in different developing countries. He is the Associate Editor of Frontiers in Climate and Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems. He won the ARER BEST ADVISER AWARD by Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association in 2016, chaired conference sessions in international conferences, and serves as a reviewer of reputed journals.