Dhritiman Gupta completed his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Jadavpur University. He obtained his Master of Arts in economics from the Delhi School of Economics. He obtained a second Masters degree in economics from the Toulouse School of Economics. He received his PhD in Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi. He is trained as a game theorist, who works in theoretical and applied Microeconomics. The subdiscipline of Microeconomics he specializes in is called Contest Theory, which essentially analyzes situations of conflict. He also works in the sub-fields of Public Economics and Industrial Organization.
He has wide experience in teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. He is currently Assistant Professor in JSGP, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously he has taught at Shiv Nadar University, TERI School of Advanced Studies. He has taught courses on Microeconomics, Game Theory, Contract Theory, Mathematical Methods in Economics, Statistics and Probability Theory.