PhD in Anthropology from the University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Before joining NIEPA, she worked at the Centre for Public Policy, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. She has widely published in journals of international repute and presented papers at both national and international conferences. Some of her works are published in journals like Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Contemporary Education Dialogue, and International Journal of Inclusive Education. She has also authored papers in the NIEPA Occasional Paper Series. She is also actively associated with one of the flagship initiatives of the Department i.e., National Awards for Innovations and Good Practices in Educational Administration. One of the important outcomes of this event is a co-edited volume on “Compendium of Innovations and Good Practices in Educational Administration”. Every year, she conducts one important training programme on educational governance exclusively meant for District Level Education Officers. She has been working on educational governance at the school level and gathered rich empirical insights by interacting with field level functionaries across the states. She teaches in both compulsory and optional courses in the MPhil/PhD programme and also in the long-term training programmes like PGDEPA.
Her areas of interest include: School Culture, Quality, Low Fee Private Schools, Privatization of School Education, Equity in Education, Innovation and Change in Public Systems.