Before academia, I spent about 10 years working in the development sector in India with UNICEF, UN Women, the Government of Maharashtra, and public policy think tanks. My work centred on gender-responsive planning and budgeting, addressing issues such as violence against women and children, health, and education. It also led to the following peer-reviewed publications:
Quality Assessment Framework of Gender and Child Budget Statements in India (2025) (with C.Singh, A.Nair) Feminist Economics
COVID-19 lockdown and Human Development: Deprivations and state response in Maharashtra (2021) (with C.Singh, A.Nair) Economic and Political Weekly
Is period leave inclusive? (2020) (with C.Singh) Economic and Political Weekly (Letters)
How Maharashtra invests for gender equality and women’s empowerment: A gender budget analysis (2021) (with A.Nair) UNICEF India
Roadmap for Gender and Child Budgeting in Maharashtra (2019) Government of Maharashtra, UNICEF India and UN Women