Education
PhD in Economics, University of Luxembourg (2025)
Other Affiliations: LISER (2022-2025), SOEP Visiting Young Scholar at DIW Berlin (2024)
Thesis committee: Prof. Skerdilajda Zanaj (Chair), Prof. Carsten Schröder, Prof. Conchita D'Ambrosio, Prof. Eva Sierminska (supervisor), Prof. Karen Mumford
Master's in Economics, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum (India) (2016)
Affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
Bachelor's in Economics, Symbiosis School of Economics, 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)
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 Research Assistant roles: Labor Market department, LISER (2022); Prof. Skerdilajda Zanaj, University of Luxembourg (2022); Centre for Development Studies (2016), Kerala State Planning Board (2015), Centre for Economic and Social Studies (2015)
Consultant (for various organizations) (2022-26)
World Bank Group (DC, USA) (2023- present)
Working on multiple projects (on jobs and financial inclusion for women) as a Research Officer/Economist in the IFC/WBG Gender Department (previously Gender and Economic Inclusion Department)
2025-2026: Part of the core team estimating and characterizing female employment in gig platforms in care, beauty and home services
2024-2026: Led a report on alternative data-driven credit scoring and financial inclusion
2023-2024: Published a short note using to understand gender-based wage disparities on online freelancing platforms (as part of the Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE), Social Protection and Jobs global practice)
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 rounds of data for the Beyond Gender Stereotypes (BGS) project being conducted among school children in the UK
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 Monitoring and Evaluation
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
Luxembourg Institute of Socioeconomic Research (LISER) (Luxembourg) (2021)
Educational Initiatives (Ahmedabad, India) (2020-21)
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 (2020-21)
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)