He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland in College Park, USA, and an MA in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi.
Prof. Kapoor is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Maryland in College Park, USA, and an MA in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. His research interests are in development economics, gender and political economy. His current work includes working on data and analytics in healthcare with a mission to “Convert Data into Information for Optimal Decision Making. He has partnered with large public and private health institutions to help improve performance in terms of resource utilization, antimicrobial stewardship, etc. He has also collaborated with a research think tank to democratize health-related information by creating a health monitor index – a tool to assess government performance at the level of a district. He has also done research (with Prof. Antoinette Schoar) on chit funds as an innovative access for finance for low income households. His academic papers have been published in several international journals.
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