Charu Jain is a Fellow at NCAER. Her areas of research interest includes education, gender, and socio-developmental changes. She has worked in the area of land & policy related issues, agriculture, steel, handloom sector, large-scale consumer studies, industrial surveys, housing indices, and macro-economic policy issues. Dr Jain has few national and international publications to her credit. She received her PhD in Economics from IGNOU, New Delhi and is Gold medallist during her Master’s program from GJUST, Hisar. She has authored a book on the ‘Quality of Secondary Education’ in India published by Springer. Before NCAER, she has worked at TNS India Ltd and PHD Chamber, New Delhi
WORKING PAPER | NCAER
Chronic Absenteeism and Its Impact on the Learning Outcomes of Primary Grades Students in India.
Charu Jain and Ruchi Jain
2024
JOURNAL | Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research
Chronic Absenteeism and Its Impact on the Learning Outcomes of Primary Grade Students in India
Charu Jain and Ruchi Jain
2023
JOURNAL | Elsevier’s Land Use Policy
Women’s Land Ownership in India: Evidence from Digital Land Records
Charu Jain, Disha Saxena, Somnath Sen, Deepak Sanan
2023
REPORT | NCAER
Health Seeking Pathways in Four Indian States (4IS)
Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Ajay Mahal, Sumit Kane, Sumit Kumar, Shayequa Zeenat Ali, Charu Jain, Dhruv Pratap Singh, Sagari Sahu, Sree Sanyal, Chanchal Madhura Chowdhuri and Barbara McPake
September 2023
REPORT | NCAER
Skilling in Schools
Poonam Munjal, K A Siddiqui, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Palash Baruah, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam and Sagari Sahu
December 2022
WORKING PAPER | NCAER
Empirical Evidence of Gender Bias in Land Ownership in India
Charu Jain, Disha Saxena, Chandni Mishra, Rupal Taneja, Deepak Sanan, Somnath Sen
2022
JOURNAL | Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research
Are Secondary Schools Imparting Digital Skills? An Empirical Assessment
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
2021
REPORT | NCAER
NLPI Project Brief Nov 2021
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Shashanka Bhide, Somnath Sen, Charu Jain, Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena, Falak Naz, Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021
REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Shashanka Bhide, Somnath Sen, Charu Jain, Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena, Falak Naz, Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021
REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021: Overview
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Shashanka Bhide, Somnath Sen, Charu Jain, Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena, Falak Naz, Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021
REPORT | NCAER
Education Satellite Account 2017-18, Uttarakhand
Poonam Munjal, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam, Sundus Usmani, Sonal Jain, Gargi Pal, Rahat Hasan Khan
2021
REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020: Compendium
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar, Charu Jain, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra, Falak Naz, Nishika Pal, Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020
REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020: Overview
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar, Charu Jain, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra, Falak Naz, Nishika Pal, Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020
REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020
Deepak Sanan, D B Gupta, Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar, Charu Jain, Anika Kapoor Yadav, Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra, Falak Naz, Nishika Pal, Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020
REPORT | NRMC
Status of Land Records Digitization in India: NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index
P. Prabhakar, C. Jain, A. Kapoor, D. Sanan, D.B Gupta and S. Sen
2020
CONFERENCE PROCEEDING MANNUAL | Third International Conference on Education by TIIKM, Sri Lanka
Factors Affecting Teaching Abilities, Practices and Motivation – Evidences from Senior Secondary Schools in Delhi
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2017
REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters- Endline Reports Round 1 & 2
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2017 & 2018
REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters- Baseline Reports Round 1 & 2
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2016 & 2017
REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters – Quarterly Reports
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Charu Jain, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2016- 2018
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Report
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan, Laxmi Joshi, V. P. Ahuja, Charu Jain, Tarujyoti Buragohain
2017
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Fifth Medium-term Agricultural Outlook Report
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan, Laxmi Joshi, Charu Jain, Anusha Avyukt, Tarujyoti Buragohain, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2016
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Rabi Outlook Report January 2016
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan, Laxmi Joshi, V. P. Ahuja, Charu Jain, Shesadri Banerjee
2016
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan, Laxmi Joshi, V. P. Ahuja, Charu Jain, Shesadri Banerjee, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2015
REPORT | NCAER
The Indian Steel Industry: Key Reforms for a Brighter Future
Ramgopal Agarwala, Rajesh Chadha, Charu Jain, Jahnavi Prabhakar, Rohitash Chaudhary, S. Vijay Kumar
2015
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report January-March 2014
Shashanka Bhide, Laxmi Joshi, Charu Jain, Himani Gupta
2014
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report January-March 2013
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2013
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports (First Semi-annual, Medium-term Agricultural Outlook Report)
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, Laxmi Joshi, Sameer Kumar Mondal, V. P. Ahuja, Charu Jain, Mondira Bhattacharya, Rajesh Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Mojumdar, Aditi Jha, Himani Gupta, Praveen Sachdeva, Jagbir Singh Punia
2013
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report July-September 2012
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2012
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report April-June 2012
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, S C Agarwal, Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2012
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report July-September 2012
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2012
REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports (Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report)
Shashanka Bhide, Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, S C Agarwal, Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2012
REPORT | NCAER
Business Expectation Survey Reports
Shashanka Bhide, Purna Chandra Parida, Charu Jain, Praveen Sachdeva
2009- March 2014
REPORT | NCAER
Accelerating Infrastructure Building in India
Shashanka Bhide, Payal Malik, S.K.N. Nair, Ashwini Phadnis, Anil Sasi, T.K. Thomas, Amrita Chatterjee, Charu Jain
2010
JOURNAL | Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA)
Evidences of Linkage between Secondary Education and Socio-Economic Outcomes in India
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2016
JOURNAL | FADA
Socio–Economic Factors Influencing Car Ownership by Indian Households
R.K Shukla, Anuj Das and Charu Jain
2007
JOURNAL | Margin
Overseas Education: An Indian Perspective
R.K Shukla and Charu Jain
2006
BOOK | Springer Nature
Quality of Secondary Education in India: Concepts, Indicators, and Measurement
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2018
BOOKCHAPTER | Springer Nature
Missing Middle of Educated Unemployable: A Critical Perspective on Secondary Education in India
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
2020
MEASUREMENT BRIEF | NCAER
Gender imbalance in land ownership and the need for digitising land records
Charu Jain and Deepak Sanan
March 2023 | 2
POLICY BRIEF | NCAER
States Need to Expedite Action Plans for Improving the Quality of Land Records and Services
Charu Jain, Deepak Sanan, Somnath Sen
October 2021
POLICY BRIEF | NCAER
Key Drivers of Progress in Digitisation of India’s Land Records
Charu Jain, Deepak Sanan, Somnath Sen
September 2021
OPINION| Indian Express
Board evaluation criteria keeps students in mind
Charu Jain
June 2021
OPINION| The Print
Indian states taking ownership of land records digitisation, up to govt to expand it now: Study
Charu Jain and Deepak Sanan
April 2021
OPINION| The Hindu Business Line
Is learning the best bet during lockdown
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
April 2020
OPINION | Geography and You
Changing Spending Patterns on Private Coaching in India
Charu Jain
May 2018