Divya is working as a Research Associate at ICRIER since June 2014. She is involved with the research program on ‘Tackling chronic diseases in India’, which is a part of ICRIER’s Health Policy Initiative. Her key areas of research under the initiative have so far been prevention of chronic diseases, evaluation of health outcomes, analysis of public policy interventions, primary health systems, health financing, etc. Concurrently, Divya is associated with ICRIER’s World Bank-sponsored Jobs for Development project. In 2015, she coauthored a paper on ‘Human capital potential of India’s future workforce’ (ICRIER Working Paper 308) and is presently working on identifying challenges and assessing the potential of job creation in fragile situations. In 2014, she coauthored a book chapter on ‘Motivations and experiences of Indian students in Korea’. Divya pursued a Master’s degree in Economics from Ambedkar University (batch of 2012-14), with a full-scholarship from the Government of NCT of Delhi. She feels strongly about issues concerning national and international development.

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