Bhawna Taneja is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the National Data Innovation Centre (NDIC) at NCAER. Her research interests include health economics, maternal and child health, development economics, applied microeconomics, and public policy. She has previously worked as a Research Assistant at the Planning and Policy Research Unit at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi, and as a Guest Faculty at Non-Collegiate Women’s Education Board (NCWEB), University of Delhi.

Bhawna has submitted her PhD in Economics at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Dr B.R. Ambedkar University, Delhi, and a B.A. (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Delhi.