Neeraj is the Assistant Director, Core Programmes and Capacity Building, at Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD) India at IFMR. He leads the capacity building portfolio of EPoD in India that focuses on building capacities of policymakers and government agencies to use evidence and economic theory for decision-making. In addition, Neeraj also leads EPoD India’s policy-research engagements in the financial inclusion portfolio. Prior to joining EPoD India, Neeraj was with Pratham, a leading educational non-profit in India, for around seven years. Neeraj graduated from the Masters in Public Administration in International Development (MPA-ID) program at the Harvard Kennedy School. Neeraj also holds a postgraduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow and a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.