Niharika is currently a PhD candidate in Economics at the University of Cambridge. She recently graduated from the University of Oxford pursuing an MSc in Economics for Development. She was previously a Robert S. McNamara Fellow at the World Bank before which she worked at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the Office of the Chief Economist. In 2021 she graduated with high distinction from Shiv Nadar University having completed a BSc (Research) inEconomics. One of her semesters was pursued at the University of Bologna