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Udayan Rathore is Impact Research Head at Wadhwani Foundation. Previously, he was Research Associate at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), and an (ad-hoc) Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Delhi (2014-2016).
Udayan holds an M.Phil. in Economics from IGIDR (2014). His research revolves around nutrition, health, and social safety nets. His areas of interests also include industrial organisation and labour economics.
Posts by Udayan Rathore
First to wake, last to eat: How India’s quest for gender parity begins on an unequal footing
Women are predominantly responsible for domestic work, the burden of which is typically heavier in the morning. Analysing data from India’s 2019 Time-Use Survey, this article shows that women tend ...
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Udayan Rathore
13 October, 2025
- Articles
क्या कोविड-19 के बढ़ते प्रसार में सामाजिक और आर्थिक विविधता मायने रखती है?
कोविड-19 के बढ़ते प्रसार को रोकने के लिए समुदायों को सामूहिक रूप से कार्य करने की आवश्यकता है, जो अधिक विविधत जनसंख्या वाले क्षेत्रों में अधिक चुनौतीपूर्ण हो सकती है। भारत से जिला-स्तरीय आंकड़ों का उ...
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Upasak Das
Udayan Rathore
Prasenjit Sarkhel
18 मार्च, 2021
- लेख
Covid-19 spread: Does social and economic diversity matter?
Arresting the spread of Covid-19 requires collective action by communities, which is likely to be more challenging in settings with high diversity. Using district-level data from India, this article e...
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Upasak Das
Udayan Rathore
Prasenjit Sarkhel
15 January, 2021
- Articles
कोविड-19 संकट और छोटे व्यवसायों की स्थिति: एक प्राथमिक सर्वेक्षण से निष्कर्ष
हाल के अपने बयान में, सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम मंत्रालय के केंद्रीय मंत्री ने स्वीकार किया कि यह क्षेत्र "अस्तित्व के लिए जूझ रहा है"। इस आलेख में, शांतनु खन्ना और उदयन राठौर ने, मई 2020 में, 360 स...
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Shantanu Khanna
Udayan Rathore
07 जुलाई, 2020
- फ़ील्ड् नोट
Covid-19 crisis and health of small businesses: Findings from a primary survey
In a recent statement, the Union Minister for micro, small, and medium enterprises, acknowledged that the sector is “battling for survival”. This article reports some key findings from a survey of...
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Shantanu Khanna
Udayan Rathore
17 June, 2020
- Notes from the Field
Women empowerment in nutrition: Access to healthcare
Access to healthcare is constrained by three key factors – physical access to healthcare facilities, ability to pay, and quality of care. In this note, Udayan Rathore discusses how within poor hous...
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Udayan Rathore
14 September, 2017
- Notes from the Field




