Sandeep Bhattacharya focuses on domestic tax policy initiatives and managing the Secretariat of ADB’s Asia Pacific Tax Hub. Dr. Bhattacharya has over 25 years of experience in tax policy and administration, consulting, and academia. Prior to joining ADB, he taught classes in taxation, public economics, statistics, and econometrics, as well as supervised student research at Duke University. He has also worked for close to a decade in tax and customs administration. He has a PhD in economics from Georgia State University and has degrees from Duke University (Master of Public Policy); Delhi School of Economics (Master of Arts in Economics); and St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University (Bachelor of Arts with honors in economics).