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I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of Southern California. My primary research fields are development and health economics, with secondary interests in public and behavioral economics. My research examines how to strengthen human capital among disadvantaged populations and how governments in developing countries can improve outcomes for the poor through public programs, with a focus on early childhood nutrition and health.

In my job market paper, I show that parents systematically overestimate their children’s nutritional status, particularly when they have high exposure to other malnourished children within their communities. Correcting these belief distortions through an information treatment improves both child feeding and growth outcomes. Another chapter of my dissertation investigates underreporting of child malnutrition rates in government administrative data in India. 

I hold a master’s degree in economics from the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, and an undergraduate degree from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University.  

I am on the 2025-26 Job Market.  

Research Fields: Development Economics, Health Economics, Public Economics, Behavioral Economics

Here is a link to my CV: Academic CV (PDF), Resume