Education
PhD in Economics at the University of Luxembourg (2025)
Master's in Economics at Centre for Development Studies in Trivandrum (affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) (2016)
Bachelor's in Economics at the Symbiosis School of Economics in Pune, India (2014)
Work Experience: Research/ Consulting
Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Luxembourg (2025- present)
Building a subjective wellbeing appraisal tool for policymakers in Europe, under the WELLMOD project (a collaboration between London School of Economics, Paris School of Economics, Polish Academy of Science, and University of Luxembourg)
Consultant, World Bank Group (DC, USA) (2023- present)
Gender and Economic Inclusion Department (IFC) (now part of the WBG Gender Department)
Working on multiple projects (on jobs and financial inclusion for women) as a Research Officer/Economist
Led a report on alternative-data-driven credit scoring and financial inclusion
Part of the core team estimating and characterizing female employment gig platforms in care, beauty and home services
Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) (part of the Social Protection and Jobs global practice)
Working on understanding the size, scale and experiences of location-based gig workers around the world
Scraped and analyzed data to understand gender-based wage disparities on online freelancing platforms
Consultant, Equimundo (DC, USA) (2022, 2025, 2026)
Harmonized cross-country data of the International Men and Gender Equality Survey (IMAGES), a UNFPA funded project
Analyzed multiple roudns of data for the Beyond Gender Stereotypes (BGS) project
Consultant, Tally Solutions (Bangalore, India) (2023- 2025)
Helped define their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) strategy
Conducted workshops with their CSR teams on Theory of Change, Log Frames, and M&E
Consultant, Inclusive Education Team, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy (New Delhi, India) (2021- 2022)
Led a team to synthesize evidence on out-of-school children during COVID-19 lockdowns in India
Led a team to investigate a digital intervention for parental engagement in early childhood education (ECE) among low-income households in Mumbai and Pune, in partnership with Rocket Learning and Akanksha Foundation
Project Officer (Research), Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA) (2016- 2022)
Managed large research and policy projects from conception to dissemination funded by Central Square Foundation (2016-18); UNICEF (2018-2021); and Omidyar Network India & Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (2021-22)
Led research activities (survey design, sampling, data analysis, writing, dissemination) to understand the state of food security, livelihood, and access to schemes of ~15,000 vulnerable rural households across 10+ states in India
Oversaw research activities and other deliverables of the project (full-time team size: 3-5) and led the coordination with funders & partners on deliverables, grants, finances (as program manager for the UNICEF partnership)
Monitored and trained a team of ~60 surveyors/ volunteers to conduct a household and learning survey in ~2000 households, part of a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT)
Designed surveys, analyzed data, and authored several academic papers and policy reports on early childhood development, primary education, urban governance and other topics
Presented findings & outputs to academicians, practitioners and government officials
Other RA and consluting roles (2020-2022): Research Assistant, Labor Market department, LISER (2022); Research Assistant, Prof. Skerdilajda Zanaj, University of Luxembourg (2022); Expert, LISER (2021); Consultant, Educational Inititiatives (EI) (2020-21)
Work experience prior to 2016: Kerala State Planning Board, Trivandrum; Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum; Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad; Janwani at the Mahratta Chamber of Commerce Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA), Pune
Teaching
Guest session on gender-based inequalities in education for Education Policy (3rd year, Bachelor's), FLAME University (2023)
Tutorials on data cleaning and analysis using STATA for Causal Inference for Social Policy (2nd year PhD), IIM Ahmedabad (from 2017-2020)
Volunteering
Wazir Education Society (2022- present) (also board member)
Rapid Rural Community Response to COVID-19 (RCRC) (2020-22)
Rocket Learning (2020-22)
Right to Education Research Centre at IIM Ahmedabad (RTERC) (2016-2021)
Pune Collab (2016-19)
UNDP Kenya and ADB Youth for Asia, through UN Volunteers (2016)