Analyst, Government and Social Impact Divison
Designed and led evaluation work for India’s Direct Benefit Transfer program, including multi-state fieldwork, impact surveys, data cleaning, and analysis to generate recommendations for the Government of India.
Produced policy analysis on digital financial inclusion reforms—including just-in-time funding, smart payment systems, and digital ID/e-KYC infrastructure—for the Alliance for Financial Inclusion, contributing to a global policy report published during COVID-19.
Led stakeholder interviews and analytical work on tax systems and revenue mobilization in Nigeria and Uganda, synthesizing findings for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation under short project timelines.
Consultant, Social Statistics Division
Independently initiated and led an analysis of state-level air quality during India’s 2018 winter pollution crisis, working with Central Pollution Control Board researchers and constructing AQI and Leaf Area Index measures across climatic zones.
Contributed to India’s inaugural Environmental Accounts publication, EnviStats 2018, by building and cleaning multi-year state-level datasets on natural resource stocks under the UN SEEA framework.
Validated and updated national SDG indicators spanning health, education, sanitation, and environment for India’s SDG Baseline Report.
Research Associate, Finance and Economic Advisory
Developed the modeling approach and constructed datasets used to estimate spectrum reserve prices, informing Government of India recommendations for the 2015 national spectrum auctions.
Led structural equation modeling to rank telecom service providers across performance metrics and support regulatory assessment of service quality.
Produced econometric and theoretical analysis for spectrum valuation and regulatory decision-making.