Keya Dutta conducts research and analysis relevant to various trade, technology, and business challenges. Her diverse background has nurtured a deep interest in economic development, urban infrastructure, and business management.

Before joining the Simon Everett team, Keya was a Research Analyst Intern at the Brattle Group in Washington, DC. There, she provided energy pricing guidance and geospatial analysis for energy utilities. As a Global Fellow with the Tata-Cornell Institute, she collected primary data on migration and nutrition trends among India’s tribal groups.

Keya is a graduate of Cornell University, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in global development with a concentration in economics and minors in applied economics and city & regional planning. She also has extensive experience with public policy and financial analysis through her campus engagements, including her contributions to the Cornell Diplomat and the Social Enterprise at Cornell. As such, she has analyzed large trade data to quantify small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) contribution to South-South trade.

Keya is proficient in Spanish and has basic knowledge of Bengali and Hindi.