I am currently a first-year Economics PhD student at the University of Southern California. 

Broadly, my research focuses on critical elements of modern economic processes - the changing dynamics of structural transformation, intergenerational mobility, and the factors affecting individuals’ decisions to migrate to cities.

Before starting my PhD, I was a Predoctoral Research Fellow at Development Data Lab, where I worked on SHRUG 2.0, a comprehensive, high-resolution open data platform for India, combining massive administrative and remote-sensing data over 30 years. I also worked with a project management team to guide the development of the National Data and Analytics Platform, which harmonizes administrative datasets across time and space to ensure that Indian administrative data is truly publicly accessible.