Priyanka is working as a Research Assistant at ICRIER. She is involved with the research program on ‘Tackling chronic diseases in India’, which is a part of ICRIER’s Health Policy Initiative. She is also associated with ICRIER’s World Bank-sponsored Jobs for Development project and is working on identifying challenges for job creation in fragile situations.

Previously, she has interned with Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, where she worked on the Nalanda Project, evaluating a technology-based learning platform integrated into the local school curriculum. She has also interned with Institute of Economic Growth, New Delhi where she assessed the implementation of National Rural Health Mission in two districts of Rajasthan.

She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Miranda House, University of Delhi and an MA in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Her research interests broadly lie in behavioural economics, economics of health & education, development and public economics.

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