I am an Economist at IDinsight, based in Delhi, India.
In this role, I oversee the technical design and analysis of impact evaluations, representative sample surveys, and mixed-methods research. My portfolio covers diverse sectors and partners, including projects for government and non-government funders and implementers across nutrition, maternal and child health, public health, education, women’s empowerment, social protection, and socio-emotional learning. I have led work in the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Vietnam.
Before IDinsight, I used machine learning to predict real-time child malnutrition outcomes at the Indian district level as an Innovative Metrics and Measures for Agriculture and Nutrition Actions (IMMANA) Career Development Fellow at Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany, the Center of Development Studies (ZEF), Germany, and the South Asia office of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Delhi, India.
I completed my PhD in Economics at the Georg-August-University Göttingen. In addition, I hold an MPA with a focus on International Development from Cornell University, US, and a BA in Political Science and South Asian Studies from Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany. I speak English, Hindi, and German.