Indira Puri

Biography

Indira Puri is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the New York University Stern School of Business and a Faculty Affiliate at the New York University Department of Economics. Professor Puri’s research focuses on decision making in financial markets. A theme across her work is revisiting fundamental theorems and results in finance. Puri received her B.A.S in Mathematics and Economics from Stanford University in 2017, her M.S in Computer Science from Stanford University in 2019, and her Ph.D. in Economics from MIT in 2023. She is a recipient of the the Yuki Arai Prize, the Top Finance Graduate Award, and the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, among other awards.

Research Interests

• Decision-making
• Economic and financial models
• Observed behavior and underlying mechanisms

Academic Background

PhD, Economics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MS, Computer Science
Stanford University

BAS, Mathematics
Stanford University

BAS, Economics
Stanford University