Chandi Charan Mehentar is a Research Associate at NCAER within the States, Sectors, Surveys, and Impact Evaluation unit.

I holds Doctorate degree in Economics from Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has worked as Faculty in Economics (Contract) at Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida and also as Assistant Professor at DGIM Law College Faridabad, Haryana.

His research interests include Employment, Labour Market, Agricultural Economics, Land Markets, Social Exclusion and Caste Discrimination, Poverty and Inequality.