Akanksha Vardani

Akanksha Vardani is a Research Advisor in the Home Affairs, Education, Social Cohesion and Defence (HASED) unit of Behavioural Insights Team.  She works on a broad range of social challenges, with a focus on education and youth evaluations. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University in 2025, with a dissertation focused on property rights and women’s empowerment in India

Her personal website is: https://akankshavardani.github.io