Research

My research focuses on the implementation and impact of health and nutrition policies in India.

Promoting Millets in the Public Distribution System (PDS). 2023. Tata Cornell Institute (TCI) Special Policy Brief.

Revealing the True Cost of India's Public Distribution System (PDS). 2022. Tata Cornell Institute (TCI) Special Policy Brief.

Improving In-Kind Food-Based Safety Nets: The Case of India's Public Distribution System. 2022. Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition: An Update of Concepts, Evidence and Select Practices in South Asia and Beyond. Washington DC: World Bank. [PDF]

India's National Food Security Act (NFSA): Early Experiences. 2022. Food Governance in India. Routledge. [PDF] [LANSA Working Paper] 

Increasing Utilization of Public Health Insurance Programs: Evidence from an Experiment in India. 2021. World Development Vol. 139. [PDF]

The Public Distribution System in India: Policy Evolution and Program Trends. 2017. The 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers, or Cash Transfers?  Washington DC: The World Bank [PDF]

Reforming the Public Distribution System: Lessons from Chhattisgarh. 2012. Economic and Political Weekly Vol. 47(5). [PDF]