Amina Irshad is a Research Scholar in Economics at Aligarh Muslim University, where she specialises in development economics, agricultural trade, and applied econometrics. Her research focuses on India's agricultural trade patterns with South Asian countries, employing rigorous quantitative methods to analyse trade dynamics and productivity.

Her peer-reviewed publications cover agricultural trade dynamics, trade policy, and agricultural productivity, and she has presented her work at national and international academic conferences. Amina brings expertise in large-scale data analysis, structural econometric modelling, and the technical rigour required to produce credible evidence on economic systems.

For the fellowship, Amina's econometric skills and understanding of India's agricultural and informal economy are essential to researching livelihood, employment, and entrepreneurship in minority-concentration districts. Her background in trade policy and cross-border economic flows brings particular value to understanding how local economies in underserved regions connect (or fail to connect) to broader markets.