Skills

Methods

  • Interviews,

  • Surveys,

  • Focus Group Discussions,

  • Qualitative Analysis,

  • Network Analysis,

  • Hypothesis Testing,

  • Regression Analysis,

  • Policy Analysis,

  • Literature Reviews

Competencies

  • Project management;

  • people management;

  • Qualitative and Quantitative research;

  • Working in resource-constrained settings; collaborating with diverse teams;

  • strong analytical thinking.

Languages

R , SAS, Python, SPSS, Stata

Awards & Training

2022. Mitchell Fellowship

2022. Sobti Family Fellow

2022. Algorithmic Reparations Workshop, University of Michigan.

2020. Marion Jemmott Fellowship, Taraknath Das Foundation

2021. Digital IDEAS Summer Institute.

Coursework

Qualitative

  • Ethnographic Research Methods

  • Historical Anthropology

  • Feminist Ethnography

  • Methods for Anthropological Research

Quantitative

  • Applied Data Analysis I, II

  • Fundamentals of Program & Policy Evaluation

  • Measurement & Psychological Assessment

  • Measurement Theory & Test Construction

  • Structural Equations Modeling

  • Categorical Data Analysis

Professional Experience

University of Pennsylvania | Research Assistant

July ‘16 - July ‘19 | Philadelphia, USA

  • Collaborated with 2 cross-sector teams on different projects. Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis, survey analysis, along with literature reviews, data cleaning, ideation and drafting of recommendations.

Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India | Monitoring and Evaluation Consultant

Oct ‘15 - April ‘16 | Delhi, India

  • Coordinated the implementation of a survey focused on salary parameters for a sample of 1,000,000 participants in a government livelihoods scheme

Tata Institute of Social Sciences | Researcher

July ‘15 - Oct ‘15 | Mumbai, India

  • Designed and implemented Corporate Social Responsibility programs for four large public sector enterprises, including the coordination of a 3-day national stakeholder training workshop

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) | Research Associate

July ‘14 - June ‘15 | Bhubaneshwar, India

  • Helped design and and implemented an evaluation across 3 districts to estimate the impact of an early childhood development program for families below the poverty line

Education

Ph.D. in Anthropology & Education (Exp. 2024)

M. S. Ed. in Statistics (2019)

Ed. M. in International Ed Policy (2014)

B.S.F.S. in International Politics (Hons.)