Devika Lakhote

Devika is a Data Scientist at 3ie. She provides technical and management leadership and support in the application of data science to impact evaluations and evidence synthesis. She specializes in causal inference, machine learning, and a toolkit of econometric and data science methods.

Prior to joining 3ie, she received her PhD in Public Policy from the University of Chicago. Her doctoral research examines identity-based consumer behavior and the effectiveness of infrastructure policies targeted to marginalized identity groups. She also worked as a pre-doctoral researcher at Stanford University and holds a B.A. in Economics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.