Deepika Chawla is working as a Consultant at NCAER. She completed her Ph.D. from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Dr Chawla did her M.A in Economics from Fergusson College, University of Pune and B.A  in Economics from Indraprastha College for Women, University of Delhi. Her areas of interest are Public Policy, Labour Economics, Urban Economics, Mathematical Economics, Formal and informal trade, Development Economics, Macro Economics, Policy and surveys in agriculture, industries and services individually, climate Change.

She has worked at various teaching institutions including Symbiosis School of Economics as Assistant Professor and Research Assistant; Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics as Guest Lecturer; Fergusson College, University of Pune as Guest Lecturer.