Shagnik Chakravarty

Shagnik is a Research Assistant to Professor Christopher Woodruff at the Oxford Department of International Development.

Shagnik holds a BA in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, and an MSc in Economics for Development from the University of Oxford. Prior to starting this position, Shagnik worked in research roles in organisations such as the World Bank, London School of Economics (LSE), and the Bombay Stock Exchange on issues related to education, trade and industrial development, and climate change and structural transformation.

Shagnik’s research interests lie broadly at the intersection of data science and econometrics, as well as environmental and labour economics.