Tanya Sethi is pursuing her PhD in Economics at the University of Virginia. Her research lies in the fields of political economy, development economics and behavioral economics. Prior to her PhD, she worked as a Predoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Southern California; and as a research associate at J-PAL South Asia and the World Bank. She has also worked as a Policy Economist at the Ministry of Finance, Guyana. In her RIC mentorship program, she worked with Prof Johannes Haushofer.

She holds a Master's degree in Development Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce, University of Delhi.