Shobhini Mukerji is the Executive Director of the J-PAL’s South Asia regional center. As the CEO of J-PAL’s largest office, Shobhini guide their pan-India operations and partnerships with 20 state governments and central government agencies. Shobhini works closely with policymakers, civil society partners, and research institutions to promote collaborations to increase the use of evidence in policymaking and scale-ups of successful social programs in India and the SA region. Shobhini has co-authored with Nobel Laureates Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, among others, on a series of large-scale randomised evaluations on foundational literacy interventions in India.

With a Master’s degree in Social Research Methods from the London School of Economics, with a focus on Social Policy and Statistics, Shobhini has extensive research and evaluation experience, ranging from designing and managing large scale primary data collection and analysis, to providing advice to organizations and governments on research design, monitoring, and evaluation strategies