I am an Associate Professor at the and Graduate Program Director for the . I am a research affiliate at the , and a Research Fellow at the . I am a Fulbright Scholar with a master’s and Ph.D. from Florida State University. My research areas include Applied Economics, Empirical Macroeconomics and Microfinance.
I have been working in the area of Microfinance since 2012. I have won several research grants to explore and empirically test risk-sharing products. I am currently implementing three randomized control trials (RCT) of an equity-based finance product in collaboration with researchers from the University of Oxford and microfinance institutional partners, such as Ahkuwat and NRSP. These projects are funded by , and .
I have done research and consulting assignments for international agencies (, DFID, World Bank, Global Fund to End Slavery), MNCs (Coca-Cola, PTC-BAT), Banks (Barclays), and governments (Punjab Government). I have also conducted various quantitative research in multiple areas ranging from Trade and Industry, Health, Education, and public finance to Microfinance. In addition, I have completed several impact evaluations of different government programs.
My academic research has been published in acclaimed journals such as , , , and .