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Manini Ojha is Assistant Professor in Jindal School of Government and Public Policy of O.P. Jindal Global (Institution of Eminence Deemed to Be University) since 2018. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas in 2018. Prior to joining SMU, she was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Lady Shri Ram College for Women, Delhi University. She received a Masters in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and a Bachelors from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University.

Her areas of research interest lie in the fields of applied microeconometrics, empirical development economics, economics of households, education, gender, and labour economics. Her current research focusses on household dynamics and gender differences, domestic violence, health, and educational outcomes. She is also interested in addressing questions on how government policies affect household and individual behaviour. She teaches courses on statistics, econometrics, and applied econometrics.