Leena Bhattacharya

Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research

Gen A K Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400 065, India

Email id : leena@igidr.ac.in
Research Interests: Primary Education, Migration, Education Policy, Women, Inclusion
  • S Chandrasekhar and Leena Bhattacharya "Education of Children from Migrant Rural Households in India: Moving Towards a Coherent Policy Framework", Background Paper for "Global Education Monitoring Report 2019", UNESCO
  • Leena Bhattacharya (with Arjun Sanyal) "Protecting the Right to Education for Children from Migrant Families", Chapter for "Handbook on Internal Migration"
  • Leena Bhattacharya (with Hema Swaminathan) "Male migration and its impact on women who stay behind", Chapter for "Handbook on Internal Migration"
  • Leena Bhattacharya "Hyderabad Metro Rail Transit System: Emissions and Enviromental Impacts"
  • Leena Bhattacharya (with Shobhit Kulshreshtha) "Has urban planning improved living condition in slums? Evidence from million plus cities in India"
  • Leena Bhattacharya "Shift in the educational landscape of India: Pre and post analysis of Right to Education Act"
  • Leena Bhattacharya "Short-term migration and children's schooling attendance: Evidence from rural India"
  • Teaching Assistant under the guidance of Professor Sudhakar Yedla
  • Research Assistant under the guidance of Professor Sudhakar Yedla
  • ITC Limited In partnership with NGO Bitan. "Performance analysis of civil society organisation in promoting sustainable waste collection"
  • Teach for India Two year fellowship: class-teacher, member of whole school development team and founder of story-telling circle to unite the community
  • Pune City Connect Developed Teacher Evaluation Rubric for Marathi medium government school teachers
  • Teach India Co-facilitated 100 days of spoken English training for underprivileged adults
  • RBI Internship Department of Economics and Policy Research
  • Sanchar AROD Towards disability inclusive development: Voice-over for website and report writing
  • B.Sc Economics (2010 - 2013) Presidency College, Overall Percentage 70.35
  • M.Sc Economics (2013 - 2015) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, CGPA 3.39/4
  • PhD Development Economics (2017- Present) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, on "Essays on Seasonal Migration and Educational Attainment in India"
  • Workshop Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis, Campbell Collaboration
  • Workshop Social Science Winter School in Pondicherry, Labour Dynamics: Conceptual and Methodological Perspective and focus on India
  • Paper presentation "Seasonal migration, collective action & protecting child rights to education: A Case study" National Conference on Delivering Quality Education, Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights, New Delhi
  • Paper presentation "Seasonal migration, collective action & protecting child rights to education: A Case study" National Conference on Achieving SDG 2030: Education as a catalyst, NERIE (NCERT), Shillong
  • Paper presentation "Short-term migration and children's schooling attendance: Evidence from rural India" 60th ISLE Conference, Mumbai
  • National Recruitment Webinar Teach For India
  • Surjit Singh Fellowship by Indian Society of Labour Economics Young Labour Economist below the age of 40 years INR 40,000
  • IGIDR Research Grant Fellowship