Welcome! 

I am currently working as Assistant Professor, Economics at the School of Technology of the Dhirubhai Ambani University (DAU, formerly known as DAIICT), Gandhinagar after having submitted my PhD dissertation at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). Before this, I completed a MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi (IIM Ranchi) and M.Sc. (Hons.) Economics with B.E (Hons.) Manufacturing Engineering from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Pilani campus. 

As an empirical microeconomist, my work spans three domains: Financial Inclusion, Decentralization and Social networks. I make use of extensive primary and secondary survey data from rural India to answer questions within these broad topics.  

As part of my PhD thesis, I am examining the role of local governments in the governance and management of public health, particularly with respect to their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I make use of primary data spanning 380 Gram Panchayats in Tamil Nadu along with secondary data from several administrative sources. I am being advised by Profs. Hari K. Nagarajan (IIMA), Abhiman Das (IIMA), Pritha Dev (IIMA) and Andrew D. Foster (Brown University).

I am part of a team of researchers at IIMA who are investigating a variety of problems concerning the impact of Financial Inclusion policies on household and intrahousehold welfare. 

I was a member of the team that conducted the second round of the Financial Inclusion Survey which covered ~3700 households in rural Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state. This was funded by IIMA Ventures and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation