I am a Research Fellow at Azim Premji University in Bengaluru, India. My work focuses on impact assessment in two key areas: Early Childhood Nutrition Interventions and the relationship between the quality of Higher Education Institutions and employability.

In these roles, I design research studies, prepare questionnaires, collect and scrape data, conduct data analysis, and draft reports. My work draws on both primary data collected through field surveys and secondary data from various sources.

I am into sixth year of my PhD program at IFMR Graduate School of Business in Krea University, India. I am passionate about causal evidence-based research studies. My current research is concentrated on various aspects of women's development, including education, health, and economic empowerment. 

My thesis chapters include: 

• The Role of Street Safety on Girls' Schooling Outcome, 

• Agriculture Transformation & Risk of Excess Body Weight among Females

• Banking Expansion and Time Use among Women in India

A copy of my CV can be found here.

Email: kumar.ashutosh@apu.edu.in (official), ashutosh.pd92@gmail.com (personal)

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