I am currently a PhD Student at the LSE's Department of Geography and Environment. I am a part of the Economic Geography Cluster.

Previously, I have worked at the Centre for Social and Economic Policy (formerly Brookings Institution India Center), New Delhi, where I specialised in housing and property rights. I hold a Master’s degree from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (2017-2019), where I specialized in Urban Policy and Governance, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Delhi.

Currently, I am interested in the factors that make housing unaffordable in India, inefficiencies in housing markets and figuring out what impact, if any, does the legacy of colonialism on regulation have.

I love making maps, petting cats, and exploring cities.

Supervisors:

Prof Christian Hilber
Prof Olmo Silva

Publications:

Peer-reviewed publication:

• Gandhi, S., Green, R. K., & Patranabis, S. Insecure property rights and the housing market: Explaining India’s housing vacancy paradox. Journal of Urban Economics. Read article. 
• Tandel, V., Gandhi, S. , Patranabis, S., Bettencourt, L. ,& Malani A. (2021) Infrastructure, enforcement and COVID-19 in Mumbai: A first look. Journal of Regional Science. Read article. 
  

Working papers:

• Patranabis, S., & Gandhi, S. (2021). Can property rights improve access to toilets for the urban poor? Evidence from India. CSEP Working Paper (September 28, 2021). 
• Gandhi, S., Green, R. K., & Patranabis, S. (2021). India’s housing vacancy paradox: How rent control and weak contract enforcement produce unoccupied units and a housing shortage at the same time. 

 Awards:

• Warnford Scholarship
• Ami and Raj Kotecha Scholarship