Research Associate II

• Jan 2023 - Present

Associate in Research

• Aug 2020 - Dec 2022

Research: Economic analysis and impact evaluation • Conducted cost-effectiveness analysis using microsimulation approach to estimate health and financial-risk protection benefits from adopting a user-fee removal policy for essential maternal and child health interventions in India and Nigeria. • Implemented an interrupted time series model to evaluate the effects of the US's President Emergency Plan for Aid Relief (PEPFAR) on child mortality in African countries using the Demographic and Health Survey data. • Performed time-to-event analysis to estimate the timeliness of government assistance for the most vulnerable households in Ethiopia during its COVID-19 response of 2020. • Co-authored research reports and blogs on the impact of transition in demography, diseases, domestic health financing, and donor assistance on achieving Universal Health Coverage in Myanmar. Grant writing support • Assisted in designing and writing research methods plan for NIH grants and other foundations. • Prepared data management and human subject protection plans for grant submissions. Project co-ordination • Liaised with country partners in Myanmar on all research activities, including study progress, timelines, sub-contracts, data sharing, and collaborator publications. • Prepared research protocols for institutional review.

Graduate Research Assistant

• Mar 2020 - May 2020

Intern, Research and Evaluation Department, Global Education Unit

• May 2019 - Aug 2019

• Automated extraction of relevant variables and generated educational attainment indicators for 43 countries surveyed by the Demographic and Health Survey Program in STATA. • Analyzed the PASEC and ASER Pakistan survey data to measure the equity of resource allocation in education across districts and generated statistical graphs (radar charts) and heat maps to visualize the findings. • Assessed the effects of enumerator characteristics on responses by Ugandan and Guatemalan youth to questions relating to their life experiences and soft skills using inferential statistics.

Research Associate, Research and Statistics Unit

• Jun 2015 - Aug 2017

Survey data collection • Trained a team of enumerators on survey and assessment processes in 4 Indian districts to implement the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) survey, India's largest citizen-led survey measuring children's learning outcomes. • Executed monitoring as well as recheck procedures in these districts to ensure ASER data quality. • Designed templates to facilitate the data entry of two longitudinal surveys on post-primary schooling in rural India. Survey data analysis • Cleaned and merged the longitudinal data from the household, classroom, and learning assessment surveys. • Analyzed the data using descriptive and inferential statistics to track the educational trajectories of children. • Co-authored research reports delineating scope, methodology, and findings from the longitudinal studies. Prepared policy briefs to disseminate findings to wider public.

Field Investigator

• Mar 2015 - Jun 2015

Responsible for the conducting first phase of qualitative interviews to capture employer perspectives on domestic workers, their hiring mechanism and preferences, encapsulating the demand side scenario. Responsible for the conducting first phase of qualitative interviews to capture employer perspectives on domestic workers, their hiring mechanism and preferences, encapsulating the demand side scenario.

Research Intern

• Jun 2014 - Mar 2015

• Reviewed relevant literature and assisted in designing as well as conducting lottery choice experiment to measure individual-level loss aversion through preferences elicited by 170 subjects. Communicated the findings to behavioral and marketing lab set up by media agency, Maxus Global. • Analyzed National Sample Survey (NSS) data on consumption expenditure using R software for a study that aimed at measuring regional dynamics in inflation for select consumer goods. • Reviewed relevant literature and assisted in designing as well as conducting lottery choice experiment to measure individual-level loss aversion through preferences elicited by 170 subjects. Communicated the findings to behavioral and marketing lab set up by media agency, Maxus Global. • Analyzed National Sample Survey (NSS) data on consumption expenditure using R software for a study that aimed at measuring regional dynamics in inflation for select consumer goods.