Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs
Center for Contemporary South Asia
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Ruchi Mahadeshwar

PhD Candidate in Economics
Summer Fellow 2021, 2022
2022 Project Title: The Impacts of Diversity in Mumbai's Annual Public Housing Program
2021 Project Title: The Impacts of Socioeconomic Mixing in Mumbai's Annual Public Housing Program

Ruchi Mahadeshwar is a PhD Candidate in Economics. Ruchi was recently selected for an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). The NSF GRFP recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. Last year, she was also awarded the NIH T32 Fellowship. More information about her, her current research projects, and CV can be found here. Ruchi is also a CCSA summer fellow for her project studying the impacts of a subsidized-housing lottery program in Mumbai.