Published research

2016 — World Bank & HDCA

A Framework for Operationalising the Capabilities Approach in Poverty Research

Published in World Bank & HDCA Poverty Measurement Journal, 2016.

Peer-Reviewed Capabilities Approach Poverty

2016 — HDCA Journal, Helsinki

Schooling in Urban Slums in India: Choices, Capabilities and Constraints

Published in HDCA Journal, Helsinki, 2016.

Peer-Reviewed Education Urban Slums

2012 — Journal of Childcare and Education Policy

Study of Impact of ECE on Primary Level Outcomes: The Galli Galli Sim Sim Intervention in ICDS (Mumbai)

Co-authored with A. Banerjee. Journal of Childcare and Education Policy, 2012.

Peer-Reviewed Early Childhood ICDS

2011-2015 — Sesame Workshop India

School Readiness & Community Development

"Measuring School Readiness" (EE5, Johns Hopkins, 2011) and "Building Communities for Change" (co-authored with A. Nagar and I. Joshi, 2015).

Published ECCE Community Development

Featured work samples

Five real deliverables — instruments, methodology notes, MEL architecture, and interactive analytical work. Open or download below.

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Climate-Health Household Survey Instrument

Three-module quantitative survey with skip logic — IHCRF district programme.

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District Prioritisation Methodology Note

Composite indicator framework, sensitivity analysis, and replication guidance.

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Interactive

MEL Architecture: Contribution Analysis + Outcome Harvesting

Theory of change, evidence layers, and learning loops.

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Thinking Note: What Administrative Data Cannot Tell You

Methods and evaluation practice — 800-word analytical note.

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Interactive

Caste and Gender Wage Gap Decomposition

Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition — three-panel interactive chart.

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Policy writing & op-eds

Published in BehanBox, Mainstream Weekly, Deccan Herald, The Wire, The Economic Times, Business Standard, OneWorld South Asia, The Hindu, The Washington Post, and PolicyGrounds.press.

BehanBox, Feb 2026

What Budget 2026-27 Sees When It Looks at Women's Work

Analysis of how the Union Budget frames and values women's labour and economic participation.

Mainstream Weekly, Mar 2026

The Price of Someone Else's War

The human cost of conflict, sanctions, and displacement borne by ordinary people.

Mainstream Weekly, 2025

Bihar's Two Democracies: Where Women Fought Back and Where Hate Politics Won

Examining the contrasting democratic narratives emerging from Bihar's political landscape.

Deccan Herald, Oct 2025

On Bihar's Border, Democracy's Missing Names

Investigation into electoral exclusion and democratic participation at Bihar's margins.

The Wire, Feb 2023

Four Things India Must Do to Achieve Economic Equality and Social Justice

Policy prescriptions for addressing India's structural inequality and advancing social justice.

PolicyGrounds.press & others

PolicyGrounds & national outlets

Regular policy column including "India Has Never Measured Its Own Inequality" and "The Aravallis Are Dying." Also published in The Economic Times, Business Standard, The Hindu, and The Washington Post.

Published & forthcoming

A Year of Havoc

Co-edited Oxfam India volume documenting human experiences of India’s second COVID-19 wave. A qualitative record of loss, livelihood collapse, and state response from the ground, designed as a counter-archive to administrative pandemic data.

Published 2022 Non-Fiction Oxfam India

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The Measurement Trap

A history of welfare measurement in India. Non-fiction, in progress.

In Progress Non-Fiction Welfare Measurement

The Making of Hate (provisional title)

A political history of hate politics in India. Non-fiction, in progress.

In Progress Non-Fiction Political History

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