Darshna is a Research Associate in the States, Sectors, Surveys, & Impact Evaluation vertical at NCAER. She holds a Master’s in Economics from Chandigarh University and a Bachelor’s in Commerce from Delhi University. Her academic training and research interests lie at the intersection of developmental economics, policy analysis, and applied econometrics. Her Master’s thesis, titled “Assessing Driving Forces of CO₂ Emissions: An In-depth Analysis of Developing Economies”, focused on sustainable development in developing countries.
She is well-versed in the use of SPSS, Stata, and Power BI, and econometric techniques such as ARIMA, ARMA, and GMM modelling, alongside data visualization. She also has hands-on experience with large-scale datasets, including NFHS, UDISE+, ASHA reports, RHS, IHDS, and Annual Income reports. Darshna has contributed to multiple research projects, including a sectoral analysis of key development indicators for Odisha’s education and healthcare sectors.
Yashika Khattar is working as a Senior Research Analyst at NCAER. She has completed her Master’s in Development and Labour Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Hindu College, University of Delhi.
She has worked as an SBI Youth for India Fellow in Wayanad, Kerala with M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation where she focussed on creating alternate livelihood opportunities for young tribal women. Additionally, she has worked on a research paper to understand the impact of Minimum Wages on Informal Sector Employment.
Amit Mitra is a Research Analyst in the Computable General Equilibrium Modelling and Policy Analysis department at NCAER.
Mr. Mitra holds a Master’s degree in Economics, specializing in Trade and Finance, from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kolkata, and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Presidency University, Kolkata.
He has gained research experience through internships at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), New Delhi, and the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal.
Proficient in programming languages such as Stata, R, Python, and EViews, his research interests encompass International Trade, Development Economics, Politics, and Policy Analysis.
Isha Dayal is Consultant at NCAER. She has earlier been a Research Fellow with the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, Switzerland, as a Swiss Government Excellence Scholar. She has also worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Her research interests include trade facilitation and development, value chains, competitiveness, political economy, and issues concerning climate change; and she has worked on an edited volume and articles on these themes. She has contributed to research design, data collection methods, and analysis for several studies. Her professional experience also includes consultancies with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC Ltd). She holds a PhD in Public Policy from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economic Development and Policy Analysis from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; and a Bachelor of Arts (BA Honours) in Economics from Miranda House College, University of Delhi.
