Athira Vinod is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER. Her primary research interests are in development economics, education economics and applied microeconomics. She has previously worked as a research assistant at not-for-profit organizations such as the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), India.
Athira holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Nottingham, an MSc in Development Economics from the University of Birmingham and a BA (Hons) in Economics from the University of Delhi.
Shweta Gupta is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER. Her research focuses on environmental and climate change issues, natural resource economics, development economics, applied microeconomics, and econometrics. She has previously held positions as a research associate at the Centre for Socio-Economic and Political Research and served as a teaching assistant at the Delhi School of Economics. Additionally, she has taught microeconomics at National Law University, Odisha.
Shweta has recently submitted her doctoral dissertation at the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. She also holds a postgraduate degree in Economics from the University of Hyderabad and a Bachelor’s degree from Kirorimal College, University of Delhi. Outside of her research, Shweta channels her creativity through doodling, adding a touch of artistic flair to her busy academic life.
Dibyasree Ganguly is an Associate Fellow in the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER. She has earlier worked as a Research Assistant at various research and teaching institutions, including the National University of Singapore; University of Western Australia, Perth; and the Institute for Development and Communication, Chandigarh; and as a Research Assistant and Research Officer, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.
She has a PhD in Regional Development and a Master’s degree in Geography from JNU, New Delhi, and a Bachelor’s degree in Geography from the Women’s Christian College, Calcutta University.
Zareena is working as a Team Assistant with the IHDS project and NDIC.
