Dr. Satish C. Jha has done his M.A. from Patna University and M.Sc. & Ph. D., in Agriculture Economics from the prestigious Stanford University and University of Illinois, USA.

Dr. Jha was a Consultant to the Economic Commission for Asian and Pacific (UN) during 1995-96. Prior to this, he was Director of Research – Indian Society of Agricultural Economics, Bombay during 1963-68 and Director & Chief Economist – Asian Development Bank, Manila, Philippines during 1968-1994.

He was on the Board of The Delhi Stock Exchange Association Ltd. He is also active in various industries forums and has delivered number of keynote addresses in various forum of topical interest.