Jyotsna has been director of CBPS since January 2011. She has a PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). Her research primarily focuses on education and gender. Before her association with CBPS, she worked as an advisor of Education at the Commonwealth Secretariat, London, for five years. She has actively worked with educational policy planners, administrators, teachers and professionals at various levels both nationally and internationally.
Srinivas joined CBPS in December 2011. He belongs to Indian Audit Accounts Service (1982 batch) and has served in various capacities in the government. He has also worked with the Centre for Good Governance (CGG), Hyderabad and Fiscal Policy Institute (Govt of Karnataka). In CBPS, his research areas include decentralisation, governance and budget analysis.
Niveditha has been working with us since April 2015. She has a PhD in Sociology and Demography, with a minor in Women’s Studies from Pennsylvania State University. Prior to CBPS, she was working with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore. At CBPS, her work includes gender related projects.
Archana joined CBPS in October 2018. She has recently completed her doctoral work at Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) in the area of Public Policy. She also has a PG Diploma in Rural Management from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) and has worked with various organisations including ICICI Bank Ltd. and IWMI -TATA Water Policy Program. Her research interests lie in the areas of Inclusive Growth, Poverty and Inequality and Financial Inclusion.
An agricultural economist by education, Madhusudhan’s interests lie in the field of decentralization, public finance and policy. He has developed expertise in the analysis of budgets of local governments (rural and urban) as well as in the field of training elected representatives and government officers on budgets. He has trained over 1,000 elected representatives on budgets during his work with various projects. He is currently involved in studies related to decentralisation. He was at CBPS for 7 years and for a brief period of 8 months he worked as a Senior Research Fellow, Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement,
Mysuru. He joined CBPS back in March 2017.
Maithreyi has recently completed her doctoral work at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore, in the interdisciplinary area of childhood studies. She has a Masters in Psychology from Bangalore University, and is a practicing child psychologist. She joined CBPS in July 2015 and her work focuses on childhood-related studies and education.
Shreekanth has a Masters in Economics from Madras School of Economics, Anna University. Before joining CBPS he worked as a business analyst at Hewlett Packard (Bangalore) and as a Research Assistant in Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. He joined CBPS in November 2011 and works primarily on education related projects.
Sridhar has a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Prior to joining CBPS, he worked as an Engineering Manager at General Electric, Bangalore focusing on energy systems, renewables, organisational development and technology innovation. He joined CBPS in April 2017 and is currently working on Crop Insurance & Skills Development related projects.
Neha has a Masters in Sociology from Delhi School of Economics. She is a Research Advisor at the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies where her engagement has primarily been with gender studies and the education sector. She has worked on several projects related to women’s empowerment, agency and related issues. She has also worked extensively on the Right to Education, 2009. A Sociologist by training, she has been involved in studies that examine the relationship between gender, empowerment and education, elected women representatives, community engagement in schools.
Puja has a Masters in Economics from Mount Carmel College (Bangalore) and Masters in Public Policy and Administration from University of Massachusetts (Amherst) on a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship for Low Income Countries. Before joining CPBS in September 2012, she taught Economics at Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. Her work focuses on education related projects.
Sharad joined CBPS in November 2016. He has a Masters in Public Policy from O P Jindal Global University. Before joining CBPS, he worked as a MIS Coordinator and Research and Documentation officer at Aspire, Delhi. He is interested in the study of human rights, sustainable development, public finance and primary education as well. At, CBPS he is currently working on various projects.
Anusha completed her M.A. in Development Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad. She also holds a PG Diploma in Journalism from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Prior to joining CBPS, Anusha worked at a Gurgaon-based research organization, Outline India. Previously, she worked at a CSR consultancy firm, Samhita Social Ventures.
Sowmya J joined CBPS in May 2017. She has Masters in Economics from Bangalore University. She previously worked as a Research Associate in Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore before joining CBPS.
Mithila joined CBPS in October 2018. She has graduated with a Master of Social Sciences in Applied Economics from National University of Singapore (NUS) and has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai University. Prior to her Masters, she has worked with CRISIL- an S&P Global Company assisting the U.S. and Europe Economists in their macro-economic research and publications. She has also worked as a Research Assistant to a professor in NUS during her post-graduation.
Rajesh joined CBPS in October 2018. He is a Young India Fellow with PgD in Liberal Studies from Ashoka University. He worked as a Research and Documentation Officer in Samaj Pragati Sahayog, a rural development organisation based out of two tribal districts in Madhya Pradesh. He was also part of a UChicago research project working on slum communities in Bengaluru. His primary research interests are migration, urbanization, labour and gender studies.
Apurva joined CBPS in October 2018 after working as a Research Assistant for two years at Institute for Social and Economic Change. She has Masters in Applied Economics from Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum and Masters in Economics from Hyderabad Central University. At her previous organisation (ISEC), she has worked on Political Economy of the Research and Development in Pharmaceutical Industry.
Madhuwanti joined CBPS in June 2017. She has completed her M.A. in Development Studies from TISS, prior to which she completed her B.A. from Miranda House in Geography Honours. She worked with Mahila Abhivruddhi Society, in Hyderabad, for a year as a Project Officer for Model Villages and Livelihood.
Ketaki joined CBPS in June 2017. She completed her Masters in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore and has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Miranda House, University of Delhi. She has previously interned with Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) in Rajasthan and the organic farming wing of Tribal Health Initiative in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu.
Siddarth joined CBPS in January 2018. He has completed his Masters in Economics from the University of Warwick in 2017 and has a BA Economics degree from Loyola College, Chennai. His masters dissertation was focused on the caloric benefits of the State-government-announced Free Rice Scheme of PDS in Tamil Nadu.
Arun joined CBPS in April 2018. He has a Masters degree in Sociology and Bachelors degree in English Literature from Loyola College, Chennai. His Masters thesis was on the topic “Women labour migrants in construction labour camps in Chennai, Tamil Nadu”.
Lekshmi joined CBPS in July, 2018 after graduating with a master’s in Public policy and governance from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. She has an Undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Kerala. She has previously interned with a management consultancy, Quantum Consulting and Wipro Cares, Bangalore.
Susmitha joined CBPS in September 2018. She has graduated with a Masters in Public Policy and Governance from Azim Premji University and has a Bachelor’s degree in History, Economics and Political Science from Christ University. She has earlier interned with Transforming Rural India Foundation, Tata Trusts in Madhya Pradesh and Urban Management Centre in Ahmedabad. She also worked as Research Assistant for the offices of legislators; Prof. M.V. Rajeev Gowda(MP) and G. Kishan Reddy(MLA).
Deepa joined CBPS in October 2018 after working as subject matter expert (Economics) at Spi Global technology. She has masters in economics from Madras School of Economics, Chennai and graduated in economics from University Of Delhi. Her master’s dissertation was focused on inter-generational mobility in education and occupation.
Titas joined CBPS in February 2019. Prior to this, she worked with Foundation for Agrarian Studies, Bangalore on the socio-economic aspects of rural Bihar and also assisted in the preparatory work of the research paper on “Literacy and Schooling in the Bihar Study Villages” with Prof. Fumiko Oshikawa. Kyoto University, Japan. She completed her Master’s in Economics from School of Economics, Hyderabad Central University and graduation from University of Calcutta.
Thyagarajan has been associated with CBPS since 1998. Since 2008 he has been working as a Project Associate. He now coordinates administrative issues of the organization in different projects and also involves himself in documentation and other activities.
Usha P.V.
Head of Accounts and Administration
Usha has been an Accountant and Administrator at CBPS since 2006. Her major responsibilities are overall maintenance of Accounts, facilitating the research team in their field travel and other administrative issues. Prior to CBPS, she worked as an accountant at MYRADA/PLAN.
Mrinalika R. Pandit
Communication and Information Manager
Mrinalika has Masters in Commerce from the University of Bangalore with her specialisation in Marketing and Finance. Earlier, she worked as Junior Project Manager with Swissnex, scientific wing of Swiss Embassy, Bangalore. She was also a consultant at IDPMS. She is a Certified Human Resource Management Professional (C.H.R.M.P). At CBPS, she handles communications, data archives and event logistics.
Vanaja S
Administrative cum Accounts Assistant
Vanaja S joined CBPS from 1 August 2017 as Administrative cum Accounts Assistant. She had worked Tide Technocrats Private Limited, Bangalore for 3 years as Administrative cum Accounts Assistant and Technology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE), Bangalore for 11 years as Administrative Assistant (Front Office Maintenance). Overall, she has nearly 22 years of work experience.
Ramesh K. A.
Office Assistant
Ramesh has been working at CBPS as an office assistant since May 2010. Prior to CBPS, he worked as a Supervisor to House-Keeping staff at India Satcom Ltd.
