Research

You will find my latest Curriculum Vitae here.

Recent publication:

‘The Accommodation of Democracy: A New Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation.’ 2025 (Oxford University Press, Modern South Asia)

Working papers:

‘Quota entry and persistence: how ritual status continues to shape public policy outcomes in rural India’

‘Does descriptive representation shape partisan competition? Local level democratization, quotas, and winning margins at the State constituency level in India’