Research Experience

1. Research Assistant (2025 - Present)

PIs: Dr. Matthew McKay

Organisation: QuantEcon

• Design and develop an open, accessible undergraduate economics course using Pyodide and WebAssembly for real-time simulation and code execution, teaching scientific computing to tackle issues like inequality, resource scarcity, and climate change.

2. Data Science Intern (2025 - Present)

PIs: Dr. Paul Novosad

Organisation: Development Data Lab

• Cleaning and writing the codes to incorporate the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER, 2007-2024) for India into the Socioeconomic High-resolution Rural-Urban Geographic Platform for India (SHRUG) Dataset by Development Data Lab.

3. Research Assistant (2024 - Present)

PIs: Dr. Nirupama Kulkarni, Dr. Satyajit Chatterjee, & Dr. Ashwini Deshpande

Paper Title: A project on Culture and Debt in India

• Analyzing emigration patterns and debt holdings across different castes, religions, and social strata using the CMIE-CPHS dataset, with a focus on state-wise and district-wise variations in India.
• Investigating loan-taking behavior among various castes and religions, exploring the influence of cultural norms and traditions on these financial decisions.

4. Research Assistant (Apr 2025 - May 2025)

PI: Dr. Bhaskar Dutta

• Replicating the methodologies of a Journal of Development Economics paper using the Annual Status of Education Reports Data (ASER) at the state level.

5. Research Assistant (Dec 2024 - Jan 2025)

PIs: Dr. Ashwini Deshpande & Dr. Anisha Sharma

Paper Title: “Punishment and Crime: Impact of Death Penalty on Local Crime Rates in India”

6. Research Intern (2024)

PIs: Dr. Gautham Udupa & Dr. Vidhya Soundararajan

• Converting several Stata codes and writing MATLAB equivalents for a project.
• Reviewing RBI circulars and identifying important notifications related to Priority Sector Lending in India.
• Reviewing literature on developmental factors that affect stock market participation and presenting them during the internship at CAFRAL.