I am an Associate Professor at the Economics and Planning Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi. Before joining ISI, I held positions at the Centre for the Study of the World Economy (CSWE) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and School of Economics, Singapore Management University (SMU). 

I am an invited researcher at J-PAL, a Research Fellow at the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, and a core member of the Society for Economics Research in India (SERI). A native of India, I received my Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University in 2009.