Jaya Koti is a Research Analyst at NCAER, working with the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) Survey and India Human Development (IHDS)-III. She holds a Master’s Degree in Rural Development from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). She has worked on various projects at the institution, like “Under Nutrition and Public Policy in India”, and the “India Human Development Survey”, among others. She has a good understanding of data systems, with expertise in preparation, cleaning, analysis and presenting data. She has several years of hands-on experience in the use of large and complex data sets such as the NSS, NFHS and IHDS. She primarily works with different statistical softwares and operating systems, including STATA, SPSS and CSPro.