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I am currently a Senior Lecturer of Development Economics in the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. I was formerly a Presidential Fellow (Academic) in Economics of Poverty Reduction. I am also a research affiliate at the Centre for Social Norms and Behavioral Dynamics. I worked as a post doctoral fellow with the Penn Social Norms Group (PennSONG),  University of Pennsylvania on measuring the social networks relevant to and the social drivers behind behavior related to sanitation and open defecation in Bihar and Tamil Nadu (both rural and urban).  Apart from this, I am also interested in issues related to social protection programs, education, social norms, health and empirical political economy. I primarily work on Development Economics, applied Econometrics and Impact Evaluation. I primarily work on Development Economics, Applied Econometrics and Impact Evaluation. I was formerly an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Trivandrum where I taught courses on Impact Evaluation, Development Economics and Mathematical Economics. I completed my Ph.D. from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. If you want to know more about my work and discuss further, please contact me at the given email id (upasak.das@manchester.ac.uk/ upasak.das@gmail.com)

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