Pallavi Choudhuri is a Professor and Deputy Director at the NCAER–National Data Innovation Center (NDIC). Her research focuses on social protection, informality, poverty, employment, and gender. As part of the core research team for the Indian Human Development Survey (IHDS), she contributed to the design and implementation of its third wave.

Her work has been published in international journals such as World Development and the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology (forthcoming), alongside contributions to prominent Indian newspapers, including the Economic Times, Indian Express, and The Hindu. She is also the lead editor of India’s Social and Economic Transformation in the 21st Century (Routledge, 2023).

Dr. Choudhuri is an active member of professional economics and demography associations and has served on various government committees during her tenure at NCAER. Previously, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Grand Valley State University in Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Wyoming.