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Dr. Neeraj Katewa is an Assistant Professor at Mahindra University’s School of Management and a doctoral scholar in Business Environment (Economics) at IIM Lucknow, after a B.A. (Foundations of Management) and MBA from IIM Indore. He specializes in development economics, especially education, health, and labour, using empirical methods to study natural interventions and government policies, and has consulting experience at iQuanti. His work includes an ADBI research consultancy on resilient education systems and a 2024 paper in The European Journal of Development Research on maternity cash transfers and women’s intra‑household position, with interests spanning education, labour, health, agricultural, environmental, and spatial economics.
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Neeraj Katewa
Assistant Professor
Neeraj Katewa is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management, Mahindra University, and a doctoral scholar in Business Environment (Economics) at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Foundations of Management and an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Indore.
He specializes in development economics, focusing on critical issues in education, health, and labour. His research employs empirical analyses to evaluate the impacts of natural interventions and government policies in these domains. Prior to his doctoral studies, he gained industry experience in consulting after completing his MBA.
His academic accomplishments include a research consultation project for the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI) in Japan, a publication in The European Journal of Development Research, the Best Doctoral Research Paper Award at IIM Ahmedabad, and selection for the “Research for Impact Fellowship 2022–23” by CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia at IFMR.
- Ph.D. in Business Environment (Economics) from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (2021 – Present; Thesis Submitted)
- M.B.A. from the Indian Institute of Management Indore (2018 – 2020)
- B.A. in Foundations of Management from the Indian Institute of Management Indore (2015 – 2018)
Journal Publication
- Improving Women’s Position in the Household: Evidence from a Maternity Cash Transfer Program in India, The European Journal of Development Research, Volume 36, pp. 1471–1518 (2024). DOI: 10.1057/s41287-024-00647-8
Research Consultancy
- Project Title: Building Resilient Education Systems in Asia and the Pacific Funded by: Asian Development Bank Institute, Asian Development Bank DOI: 10.56506/IWFG1305
- Assistant Professor at School of Management, Mahindra University (2025 – Present)
- Management Trainee in Engagements Division at iQuanti (India) (2020 – 2021)
- Development Economics
- Economics of Education
- Labor Economics
- Health Economics
- Agricultural Economics
- Environmental Economics
- Spatial Economics
