Media Contributions
Weaving through generations: Productivity gains in family-owned businesses in rural India
Ideas for India, February 1, 2024 with Shreya Banerjee, Aastha Dang, Jane Hammaker, Chandan Jain, Divya Pandey and Fatema Patel.
- In Hindi translation
Economic consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns: Lessons from India’s first wave
Ideas for India, June 14, 2021 with Robert C. M. Beyer and Sonalika Sinha.
Fruits of liberation? Women’s work participation and adoption of household appliances
Ideas for India, May 28, 2021 with Gautam Bose and Sarah Walker.
- In Hindi translation
IIM Ahmedabad professor on the actual value of an MBA degree
InsideIIM, May 17, 2021.
The economic case for free vaccines
Ahmedabad Mirror, April 26, 2021.
Ideas for a better Budget: Women’s health, maternal leave and safety for economic growth
The Economic Times, January 8, 2021 with Mahima Vasishth.
Science in high school? College and job outcomes
Ideas for India, June 24, 2020 with Abhiroop Mukhpadhyay, Nishith Prakash and Raghav Rakesh.
State governments can be better armed financially to fight Covid-19 by issuing public health bonds
The Economic Times, June 5, 2020 with Maitreesh Ghatak.
Pooled testing to unlock economy
Telangana Today, June 3, 2020.
Accelerated infection testing at scale: a proposal for inference with single test on multiple patients
IIMA Podcast, April 6, 2020.
How effective are RCTs that won Abhijit-Esther the Nobel
The Hindu, October 16, 2019.
The language of learning
The India Forum, April 5, 2019.
Hindi translation by Aditi Singh: शिक्षा में भाषा की भूमिका
Panel discussion: Does Ayushman Bharat address the issues of healthcare delivery in Bihar?
Ideas for India, February 1, 2019.
Event video
Designing India’s national healthcare protection: Challenges and opportunities
Ideas for India, August 27, 2018, with Sisir Debnath, Dibya Mishra and Revathy Suryanarayana.
Common tongue? How mother tongue instruction influences education
Ideas for India, February 27, 2017, with Revathy Suryanarayana.
Hindi: जनभाषा? मातृभाषा में पढ़ाई शिक्षा को कैसे प्रभावित करती है, Ideas for India, June 12, 2019.
Bringing the sheen back to teaching
The New Indian Express, October 8, 2016, with Avantika Dhingra.
Public health insurance for tertiary diseases: Lessons from Andhra’s Aarogyasri programme
Ideas for India, April 12, 2016, with Sisir Debnath.
Impact assessment: Data analysis for better decision making
ISB Insight, August 13, 2015.
Do self-help programmes change hearts and minds? The JEEViKA experience in Bihar
ISB Insight, Jul-Sep 2015.
Do women leaders deceive more?
Mint, February 10, 2015, with Lata Gangadharan, Pushkar Maitra and Joseph Vecci.
Tell us what you really think: Measuring gender attitudes in Haryana
Ideas for India, July 18, 2014, with Diva Dhar and Seema Jayachandran.
Should bribe-givers be let off?
Ideas for India, March 28, 2013.