Working Papers

• ”Does Gender-based Awareness Campaign Improve Girls’ Educational and Learning Outcomes? Empirical Evidence from India.” (with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Sona Mitra, and Sayli Javadekar), Revise and Resubmit

• "Healthy transfers: Effects of a maternal Cash Transfer program in India", (with Shreya Biswas and Upasak Das), Under Review

• ”Does Nutrition Provisioning Impact Educational and Learning Outcomes of Adolescent Girls? Empirical Evidence from India.”, (with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay)

• "Thirst for Knowledge: Unveiling the Impact of Safe Drinking Water on Educational Outcomes in School Children", (with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay)

• "Banning the Booze: Unraveling the Impact of Alcohol Prohibition on School Children's Education"

Work in Progress

• "Lights On for Safety: Evaluating the Linkages Between Electrification and Violence Against Women", with (with Sayli Javadekar and Shreyasee Das) 

• "Unintended Lessons: Exploring the Ripple Effects of Universal Elementary Education", (with Dipa Sarkar)

• ”Is the Golden Era of Private Tuition over? Empirical evidence from India” (with Bharti Nandwani)

• "Heatwave Havoc: Understanding the Scorching impact of Temperature on Pregnant Women", (with Shreyasee Das) 

• "Temperature Shocks, Crime, and Social Welfare Programs: Evidence from India”

• "Banking on Education: The Impact of Branch Expansion on Learning", (with Kumar Ashutosh and Utkarsh Choudhary)

• "Bountiful Breaks: The impact of Extra Paid Leaves on women’s employment", (with Soumya Pal)

• "From Son Preference to Spousal Abuse: The Impact of Family Planning on Intimate Partner Violence in India ” (with Kumar Ashutosh and Utkarsh Choudhary)

Media Coverage

1. "Girls’ education schemes not doing too well" (co-authored with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay and Sona Mitra) published in the Hindu BusinessLine. Here is the link: https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/progress-in-girls-education-not-good-enough/article65281783.ece 

2. "Does Nutrition Provisioning Impact Educational and Learning outcomes of Adolescent Girls?" (co-authored with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay) covered by Faculti.Net. Here is the link: https://faculti.net/does-nutrition-provisioning-impact-educational-and-learning-outcomes-of-adolescent-girls/ 

3.  "Can safe drinking water improve children’s educational outcomes?" (co-authored with Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay) covered by Ideas for India (I4I). Here is the link: https://www.ideasforindia.in/topics/human-development/can-safe-drinking-water-improve-children-s-educational-outcomes.html