Reuben is a Senior Research Consultant at the Accountability Initiative.
Prior to this, he worked as a consultant for PrimeHub in Shillong, Meghalaya where he assisted rural entrepreneurs in developing businesses and funding. He has also worked in Government and Institutional acquisitions for HDFC Bank in Meghalaya.
Reuben holds a degree in Public Administration and an MBA from IIM Udaipur.
Rahul is a Research Associate at the Accountability Initiative.
Prior to working at AI, Rahul worked at the Public Affairs Centre in Bengaluru, where he worked on projects in various domains such as Migration, Social Welfare, Urban Development and SDGs. He was part of the Research and Analysis Division (RAD) and the Project Management Unit (PMU) for a project funded by the Government of Karnataka to set up Recruitment Agencies in Karnataka for developing ‘overseas employment pathways’. He also led an evaluation and impact assessment project for the Social Welfare Department, Government of Karnataka.
Rahul holds a postgraduate degree in Economics from the Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune.
Tanya is a Research Associate at the Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research (CPR).
She works at the intersection of gender, nutrition and health, and public finance. Her previous engagements include working at Institute of Social Studies Trust, where she mapped different forms of collectivisation practices of women farmers in India. She was also a Graduate Research Assistant at the Centre for New Economics Studies, and has worked with Dasra and Observer Research Foundation (ORF).
Tanya holds an M.A. in Public Policy from O.P. Jindal University, Sonipat, and a B.Sc. in Finance from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS), Mumbai.
Anwesha is a Research Associate at Accountability Initiative.
Anwesha has worked as a research intern at Tata Steel Rural Development Society, looking at education projects for children in rural regions of Jharkhand. She has also worked at Research and Information System for Developing Countries as an intern.
Anwesha holds a Bachelors in Economics from The Heritage College, University of Calcutta, and a Masters in Economics from Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune. Her research interests include gender economics, urban development, and public policy.
Neeha is a Senior Research Associate at Accountability Initiative.
Prior to this, she interned with the Kerala Public Expenditure Review Committee under the Government of Kerala, where she worked on non-tax revenue mobilisation in the State.
She holds a Masters and an MPhil degree in Applied Economics from the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, under the Jawaharlal Nehru University. She is currently pursuing PhD in urban residential segregation in Kerala.
Avani is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) and leads the Accountability Initiative (AI) – a research group working towards more Responsive Governance, a public system that is accountable to citizens in spirit and practice. Her own interest has been in building evidence for policy advocacy to strengthen public financial management for service delivery.
As part of her work, she is leading research studies on fiscal federalism, health, nutrition, sanitation, and education financing. She has also been anchoring the publication of the annual budget brief series and implementation of fund tracking surveys on key social sector schemes. Avani is an alumnus of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), in the United Kingdom and Smith College Massachusetts, USA.
Ritwik works as a Senior Research Associate at the Accountability Initiative.
Ritwik primarily works on issues related to governance processes, implementation, and capacity within the social sector. In particular, his focus has been on nutrition, health, and education. He aims to use his training as an economist to find impactful solutions to problems in the social sector, critical in shaping millions of lives in India. His research interests include public economics, public policy, development, and political economy.
Ritwik holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University and an M.A. in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics.
Mridusmita Bordoloi is an Associate Fellow at Accountability Initiative.
With over 18 years of work experience in the areas of education, labour market, and household sector income and consumption patterns, her current research includes tracking finances, government processes, regulations and outcomes in India’s school education sector. Her work also includes understanding the linkages between education and the labour market. She has also been associated with research in government financing and implementation of Union Government schemes related to social protection, including child protection services. Along with analysis of government budgets and macro-economic trends, she has extensive experience in conducting quantitative research using large-scale survey datasets including the NSS, PLFS, NFHS and NAS.
