Aayushma is a DPhil student in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government. Her research interests lie broadly in economic development, with a particular focus on labour markets, gender, and political economy.
She holds an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Kathmandu University. Prior to her DPhil, she worked as a research assistant to Christian Meyer, and to Rohini Pande and Michael Callen.