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At the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS), I contributed to the UNICEF-funded Child Budget project by compiling state budget data for Kerala and Assam. I analysed spending patterns across areas including education, health, nutrition, and child-focused schemes.

For my MA Applied Economics thesis at Christ (Deemed to be University), I built an original dataset of 50 matched personal-care product pairs and surveyed 143 respondents. My analysis found no statistically significant gender price premium, alongside a gap between respondents’ perceptions and measured price differences.

I also co-authored a paper on AI-driven digitalisation and environmental sustainability across Asian economies, presented at the Indian Econometric Society conference. I contributed cross-country data extraction, the literature review, and policy recommendations, using panel techniques including FMOLS and DOLS.

Earlier, as a Content Writer at EJ Enterprises, I researched economic, social, and geopolitical topics and developed evidence-based content. I use R, Python, EViews, and Excel for data work, and I'm keen to contribute to evidence-based evaluation of policies, programmes, and schemes.