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Doctor of Philosophy<\/strong> : Development Studies and Human Geography<\/em>, 09\/2023 – Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n King’s College London \u2013 London<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Courses: Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Discrimination<\/p>\n\n\n\n Master of Arts <\/strong>: Development Studies<\/em>, 06\/2019 – 05\/2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Key Courses: Advanced Qualitative Methods; Advanced Quantitative Methods; Concepts, History and Theories of Development; Development Economics<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bachelor of Engineering<\/strong>: Mechanical<\/em>, 08\/2011 – 05\/2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n University of Pune – Pune, India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Specialisation: Power Plant Engineering and Operations Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n Certification\/Specialisation : Labour & Globalisation<\/em>, 04\/2021 – 04\/2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n V. V. Giri National Labour Institute<\/strong> – New Delhi, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n Certification : The Political Economy of Trade Union Movement in India<\/em>, 01\/2022 – 01\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n CDPR, Tata Institute of Social Sciences<\/strong> – Patna, India<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work history<\/p>\n\n\n\n Teaching Assistant, 1\/2026 \u2013 Present (Hillary Term) \u2022 I’ll be assisting Prof Mark Graham and Dr Janaki Srinivasan in teaching Fair Digital Economies to MSc Social Science of the Internet course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Guest Faculty, 11\/2024 \u2013 Present \u2022 Designed and delivered a 30-hour undergraduate course titled Political Economy of Development<\/em>, introducing key concepts, paradigms, and policy debates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Engaged students through case studies, in-depth discussions, and critical reflections, fostering an environment for unlearning and critical inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Assistant, 07\/2024 \u2013 12\/2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n King\u2019s College London, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Extracting Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) and NSSO Employment and Unemployment Survey (EWS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Unit-Level Data Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Merging Datasets from 2017-2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Employment Trend Analysis\u2013 Women\u2019s Work, trends wrt social categories, wages, Industries and Occupations contrasting with industry level GVA rates<\/p>\n\n\n\n National Coordinator, 11\/2022 – 07\/2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n India Labourline – Mumbai<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collaborative Project of Working People’s Coalition<\/em> and Aajeevika Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2022 Led organising efforts with gig workers in Mumbai and Bengaluru, generating insights into platform control, digital labour grievances, and worker agency; directly informing my academic research. Research Associate, 09\/2022 – 10\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Transitions Research – Goa<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Conducted interviews with gig workers, unions, and platform managers, contributing to analysis of digital work, precarity, and global production networks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Expansion of the Gig Economy in India and Opportunities for EBMOs: Country Study and Regional Synthesis Report (funded by ILO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tech-Gov Consultant, 03\/2021 – 02\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finance Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh – Vijayawada<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Primarily responsible for technological transformation of the business process of the finance department as a Project Manager, Secondary roles were database management, data analysis and advising the Principal Finance Secretary<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projects:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>i. Public-Works Management System (WMS); ii. Modernisation of GoAP Finance Codes; iii. Budget Preparation and Analysis; iv. Beneficiary Management Systems; v. Data Sharing Policy for APCFSS; vi. Provident Funds Policy Comparative Analysis; vii. Andhra Pradesh Legal Cases Monitoring System (APOLCMS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project Manager, 02\/2022 – 05\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n Development Solutions – New Delhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>General Management of Social Sector Projects, Client Interface; Operations Research: Devising Research Plans, Leading research teams, leading data collection, analysis and writing reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projects: <\/u><\/em>1. Child-Labour Free Jaipur (CLFJ), funded by CIFF & Freedom Fund, London<\/em> The objective of project was to understand the origin and destination fields of child-labour, reasons of child being forced in labour, their conditions at workplace, their rescue, repatriation and rehabilitation with constant follow-ups<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Perception Survey – Role of ASHA workers in India’s fight against Air Pollution<\/em> To understand the awareness, knowledge, and perceptions of ASHA workers on air pollution, and its health implications; to understand the impact of air pollution on the children and families of ASHA workers, if any; and the role of mothers and carers in the context of health and air pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Consultant, 02\/2022 – 07\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n xKDR – Mumbai<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Literature Review, Data Cleaning and Wrangling, Data Analysis and Visualisation, Writing Paper<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projects: <\/u><\/em>1. Household Debt Conditions in India<\/em> In this project, we used the CMIE Consumer Pyramid Household Survey (CPHS), which provides data on household debts, outstandings, delinquencies, sources and reasons for loans taken, household characteristics, assets and income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Role of Payment Methods<\/em>, Households’\/Individuals’ Payment Method Preferences and Its Impact on their Income and Debt Conditions<\/em> This project also used CMIE CPHS data to understand payment methods available to individuals and households, their access, digital access and literacy, and its overall effect household finance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Officer, 01\/2022 – 02\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n CSTS, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – Mumbai<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Research Plan, Devising quantitative and qualitative tools to conduct study, field-plan, data collection followed by analysis and writing reports and papers<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project: <\/u><\/em>Livelihood Promotion of Tribal Communities in 100 Villages of District Chandrapur (Funded by Collectorate, Chandrapur District):<\/em> The objective of project was to facilitate the preparation of the Community Forest Resource Management Plan for hundred villages under the Forest Rights Act and integrating the plans with line-department schemes, and assess and identify forest-based and other livelihood promotion opportunities in the study areas and prepare plans to integrate with line department schemes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Consultant, 02\/2022 – 03\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n PRADAN – Remote<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Literature Review for a paper to be published in World Development journal<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Assessment of Tasar-based livelihood programmes for tribal communities in Jharkhand by various stakeholders, viz. governments, NGOs and communities Address the problem of the dichotomy between conservation and livelihood promotion<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Associate, 08\/2020 – Current<\/p>\n\n\n\n Indian Researcher – New Delhi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles: <\/u><\/em>Data collection, analysis and surveying of a project related to education, before and after pandemic<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projects:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>1. Impact of Pandemic on School Education in India; 2. Conditions of Primary and Secondary Schools and Education in India using National Family Health Survey (NFHS)- 2021; 3. Representation of Students from SC\/ST communities in eminent institutions like IITs, IIMs, NITs and other similar state-funded institutions<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research Associate (Part-time), 07\/2020 – 12\/2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n Foundation for Agrarian Studies (FAS), Bangalore – Bangalore<\/p>\n\n\n\n Roles:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Research Assistant, Data Collection, Analysis, Online Events Management, Social Media Graphics Designing<\/p>\n\n\n\n Projects:<\/u><\/em> <\/em>Projects: Pandemic Studies Unit In this project, I led the Maharashtra Team, which had the responsibility of conducting telephonic interviews across different agrarian classes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Visiting Faculty, 06\/2017 – 12\/2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fergusson College’s Law School, Pune – Pune<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taught Two Papers: Indian Economy, Macroeconomics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Education Doctor of Philosophy : Development Studies and Human Geography, 09\/2023 – Current King’s College London \u2013 London Key Courses: Comparative Political Economy, Political Economy of Discrimination Master of Arts : Development Studies, 06\/2019 – 05\/2021 Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India Key Courses: Advanced Qualitative Methods; Advanced Quantitative Methods; Concepts, History and Theories […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-37","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n
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