Dr. Sarvesh Bandhu is an Assistant Professor in the Economics area at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB). He has received his doctoral degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. He did his Masters in Economics at the Delhi School of Economics and Bachelors from Shri Ram College of Commerce at the University of Delhi. His primary research interest lies broadly in theoretical and applied microeconomics and particularly in game theory, behavioral economics, political economy and mechanism design. 

In his thesis, he analysed voting mechanisms using different behavioral approaches instead of the standard rationality assumptions in social choice theory. Before joining IIM-Bangalore, he had taught at various premier institutes like Ashoka University, Delhi School of Economics, Indian Statistical Institute and Shri Ram College of Commerce.