Bhargavee Das

Experience

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  Flatle

  Jun 2016 - Oct 2016

  Junior Editor

  Worked as an Editor Intern for Flatle's digital magazine- Flatle Real Estate Insights that attracts an audience of nearly 5 lakh people- engaged in the sector ranging from developers and builders to heads of construction workers' unions.

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  Qrius (formerly The Indian Economist)

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2016

  Content strategy analyst
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  Alexis Foundation

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

  Content Writer
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  Public Affairs Centre

  Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Intern

  1) Analyzed district-level data of the state of Karnataka to study the implementation of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS). Identified setbacks faced by frontline workers of the scheme and gaps in the monitoring and evaluation structure. 2) Studied implementation of the Skill Development Initiative in the state of Karnataka and identified ways in which the state can enhance overseas employment opportunities for the beneficiaries of the initiative.

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  Young Leaders for Active Citizenship (YLAC)

  Sept 2017 - Oct 2017

  Public Policy Intern

  1) Co- authored a policy brief titled 'Creation of a separate state for the region of Barak Valley, Assam'. Involved studying the development status of the region in terms of economic status (e.g. state of industries, revenue generating sectors), human development and assessing the administrative, political and economic feasibility aspects of the region's existence as a separate state. Brief submitted to the Member of Parliament representing the region. 2) Introduced in one of a series of workshops, to ideas of Behavioral Economics - like bounded rationality, choice architecture and the applications of these concepts to policy making by institutions like the Behavioral Insights Team (BIT), UK. Show less

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  PRS Legislative Research

  Jun 2018 - Feb 2019

  Legislative Assistant to Member of Parliament

  1) Prepared Speeches and legislative briefs on government bills for a Lok Sabha MP. Identified and drafted questions and notices on matters of urgent importance to be raised in the Parliament, prepared briefs on the agenda of Parliamentary Committee meetings and researched on constituency level implementation of central government schemes. 2) Participated in workshops and training on analysis of Union Government Budget, sector analysis (Power, Railways, etc.), visual representation of socio-economic data indicators and numerous policy themes- Education, Health, Agriculture, etc. Show less

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  ICRIER

  Apr 2019 - Jun 2019

  Research Intern

  1) Prepared a concept note on the topic 'Critical Information Infrastructure' under the project 'MEITY Chair for Internet Policy: Value, Security and Governance'. The note covered certain limitations in India's current approach to critical information infrastructure, based on a comparative assessment of policies of other countries. 2) Wrote the first draft of the introduction chapter of one of ICRIER's upcoming report, based on my state-level analysis of crucial telecom and internet connectivity indicators from the TRAI Performance Indicator Reports. Involved use of R for correlation analysis. 3) Drafted parts of 'Background' and 'Methodology' sections of a proposal on rural broadband connectivity. 4) Researched and wrote a summary of arguments against data localization, for the annexure section of one of the reports on this topic. 5) Volunteered to rapporteur one of the sessions of the ICRIER 11th Annual International G20 Conference. Show less

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  LSE Students' Union (LSESU)

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Research Associate (Economics Society Research Division)

  Selected to be a part of the Research Division of the Economics Society of LSE. Working with a team on a study related to the impact of FDI on market concentration in India. Tasks include- literature review, data analysis- computation of market concentration measures and running regressions in R (Dataset- Annual Survey of Industries Panel data)

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  Nathan, a Cadmus Company

  Aug 2020 - Nov 2020

  Research Intern

  • Prepared country documentation and analysis reports on the health, economic and social situation of the elderly in India during COVID-19, as part of a project commissioned by an international NGO. • Conducted secondary research for identifying variables to be included in the development of a farmers’ segmentation toolkit, as part of a project commissioned by a social enterprise working with agricultural extension services provider.•Researched and prepared a summary note on economic rationale of rulings in excessive pricing cases, as part of a litigation advisory case. •Assisted in preparation of stakeholder engagement strategy of an EV charging company, by researching and identifying key stakeholders and various possible forms of engagement to encourage EV adoption. Show less

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  ADA Economics

  Apr 2021 - Sept 2021

  Junior Analyst

  1) Modelled and forecasted GDP, household spending and trade for a group of EU countries, using EViews2) Researched and prepared a note for a company report on the Greek National Recovery and Resilience Plan for client report3) Prepared chartbooks for assigned EU countries on Economic Sentiment Indicators (ESI) for company report4) Modelled inflation and presented latest economic developments for selected EU countries to improve forecasts5) Prepared forecast files based on data aggregation from Census and Economic Information Centre (CEIC) database Show less

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  The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

  Jul 2021 - Aug 2021

  Research Assistant

  1) Assisted Dr. Natalya Naqvi (Political Economy) on data-visualisation tasks pertaining to Development Banks and Financial Liberalisation trends in different countries, using STATA for research paper. 2) Assisted Dr. Frank Cowell (Microeconomics and Public Economics) in proofreading, editing, and referencing using Lyx and JabRef for two research papers

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  ICRIER

  Jun 2022 - now

  Projects: 1) Digital Public Infrastructure 2) Regulatory Review for 5G 3) Crypto Regulations & Web34) Digital Economy Assessment of Northeast India 5) Assessment of Cross-Broder Data Flows for Regional Integration (BBINS) 6) Satellite spectrum assignment 5) Competition in Digital Markets (Cloud Computing & AI) 6) Rural Digital Infrastructure- BharatNet

  • Research Associate

    May 2024 - now

  • Research Assistant (Data Economy, Start-ups and Innovation Team)

    Jun 2022 - May 2024