Kalyan Chatterjee (economist)

Kalyan Chatterjee
AwardsFellow of the Econometric Society
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University (DBA)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (PGDM)
University of Calcutta (BSc)
Academic work
DisciplineEconomics
Sub-disciplineGame theory
Microeconomic theory
Industrial organization
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University

Kalyan Chatterjee is an Indian-American economist and game theorist. He is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Management Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society.

Academic career

Chatterjee joined Pennsylvania State University in 1979 as an assistant professor. He was promoted to associate professor in 1985 and to professor in 1988. In 1993, he was appointed distinguished professor of Management Science. Since 2002, he has held the title of distinguished professor of Economics and Management Science at the university.[1]

He has held numerous visiting appointments, including at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton (Member, School of Social Science, 2014โ€“15),[2] University of Cambridge (including St John's College and Churchill College),[3][4] Paris School of Economics, University of Birmingham,[5] University of Nottingham,[6] the Indian Statistical Institute,[7] National Taiwan University, and other institutions.

Awards and honors

Chatterjee was elected Overseas Fellow (Title F) at Churchill College, Cambridge, for 2000โ€“2001,[8] and during the same period received an American Philosophical Society Sabbatical Fellowship. In 2003, he was elected a Fellow of the Econometric Society.[9]

He was a Richard B. Fisher Member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton during 2014โ€“2015.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Kalyan Chatterjee". Department of Economics.
  2. ^ "Kalyan Chatterjee | Scholars |". Institute for Advanced Study. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  3. ^ "Prof Kalyan Chatterjee | Faculty of Economics". Cam.ac.uk.
  4. ^ "Past Visitors | Faculty of Economics". Cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Visiting Professorship - Professor Kalyan Chatterjee (from the USA)". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  6. ^ "Previous Visitors". University of Nottingham. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  7. ^ "Academic Visitors". Indian Statistical Institute. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  8. ^ "COLLEGE Notices". Cam.ac.uk.
  9. ^ "Current Fellows". Econometric Society. Retrieved 13 February 2026.
  10. ^ "Past Scholars | School of Social Science". Institute for Advanced Study. 16 August 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2026.