Shobhini Mukerji is the Executive Director of the Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) South Asia, which she has led since 2011, overseeing partnerships across 20 Indian states, central government agencies, and regional training initiatives. She works with governments, civil society, and development partners to strengthen data-driven policymaking and scale evidence-based social programs across India and South Asia, advising donors and multilaterals on high-impact policy investments.

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Prior to joining J-PAL, Ms. Mukerji worked with Pratham, one of India’s largest non-governmental organizations focused on improving primary education outcomes. Her research interests span education, gender, and employment, and she has co-authored several large-scale randomized evaluations on foundational literacy with Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo. This body of work has contributed to programs currently scaling to reach more than 60 million children across India and Africa.

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Ms. Mukerji serves on the advisory boards of Community Jameel and Indus Action, is a Board Member at Helvetas, and is a Steering Committee Member of the Jameel Arts and Health Lab in collaboration with the World Health Organization. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics and initially joined J-PAL in 2007 as a Research Associate.