Dr. Shivani Yadav

Education

• PhD in Economics from Ambedkar University Delhi
• MA in Economics from Ambedkar University Delhi
• BA (Hons) in Economics from Hansraj College, Delhi University

Research Interest

• Economics of Identity and Discrimination
• Poverty and Inequality
• Health Economics

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor at Sri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University
• Visiting Faculty at Delhi Technological University
• Visiting Faculty at Gargi College, Delhi University
• Research Assistant in an ICSSR project titled ‘Assessment of Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure and its Impact on Poverty.’

PUBLICATIONS & ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS

• Awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by UGC in 2018 and Senior Research Fellow (SRF) in 2020
• Published an article in The Indian Express, dated July 8, 2021, titled ‘The pandemic has worsened India’s poverty crisis’ https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/the-pandemic-has-worsened-indias-poverty-crisis-7394367/
• Research paper titled ‘The Impact of Covid-19 on Poverty Estimates in India: A Study across Caste, Class and Religion’, Sage group of Journals; Journal of Contemporary Voice of Dalits. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F2455328X211051432
• Research Paper titled ‘Who cares for labor: An Empirical Inquiry based on PLFS 2018-19 Data Set’, ‘Economic and Political Weekly’, Vol 57, No 7, pp 45-52. https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/7/special-articles/who-cares-labour.html
• Research paper titled ‘Caste and Health in India: A three Decade Analysis of Malnutrition Disparities’, Journal of Applied Research in Humanities, Language, and Social Sciences, Vol 2, Issue No. 1, pp. 73-83.
• Research paper under review: ‘Caste inequities in Health Outcomes: Empirical Investigation since 1990s’, Indian Journal of Human Development

CONFERENCES & SEMINARS

• Presented at BREW-ESA 2023 Conference at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), December 15-17, 2023.
• Delivered a paper at the ISEC Bengaluru conference titled "Intergroup Inequality in Indian Society: Magnitude, Nature, Sources, Policies, and the Movement", August 23-25, 2023.
• Participated at the Ireland India Institute’s 6^th Annual South Asian Conference, South Asia in Transformative Times as a presenter, in Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland, April 19-21, 2023.
• Contributed at MIRDEC-19^th International Conference on Economics, Business, and Contemporary Issues in Social Science, with the paper titled ‘Measuring Physician Bias: Institutional Discrimination and Health inequities’; conference held in Barcelona, 23^rd to 25^th November 2022.
• Delegate at "26^th RSEP International Conference on Economics, Finance & Business” in Istanbul on August 22^nd-23^rd 2022.
• Presented an academic paper titled ‘Health Inequities in India: Trends and Divergences’ at the National Young Researchers’ Conference, on the theme "Researching [in] the Pandemic”, organized by Research & Consultancy Division, Ambedkar University Delhi, 1^st to 3^rd June 2022.
• Presented at 46^th All India Sociological Conference, University of Mumbai in collaboration with Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi, on 8^th-10^th December 2021.