Ambrish Dongre

Area

Primary Area : Ravi J Matthai Centre for Education Innovation

Secondary Area : Public Systems Group

Contact

Email : ambrishd@iima.ac.in

Phone : +91-79-7152 4926

Secretary : Anjali Nair

Phone : +91-79-7152 7742

Education

Ph.D., Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz (USA)

M.A, Economics, University of Mumbai

Teaching

PGP-X

Experiments in Business and Policy Decision-making (joint)

PGP/MBA

Experiments in Business and Policy Decision-making (joint)
Education Policy in India

PhD

Economics of Education
Change and Innovation in Education
Causal Inference in Social Policy (joint)

Research Area

Development Economics with focus on Education and Health

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor, Ravi J Matthai Centre for Education Innovation, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, Sept. 2017-Present

Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, March 2014-August 2017

Senior Researcher, Accountability Initiative, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, August 2010-February 2014

Professional Experience

Journals

“Missing” Women in Economics Academia in India

Barriers in Translating Mandate for Inclusion in Practice: Evidence from India's Right to Education Act with Ankur Sarin and Karan Singhal. International Journal of Inclusive Education

Too Much Care: Private Healthcare Sector and Caesarean Sections in India with Mitul Surana, Economic & Political Weekly, Vol. 55, Issue 35, Available here https://www.epw.in/journal/2020/35/special-articles/too-much-care.html

Pain without Gain?: Impact of School Rationalisation in India, with Vibhu Tewary, International Journal of Education Development, Vol 72; Available here https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102142

Status of Implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the Right to Education Act: Findings from a Nation-wide Study with Ankur Sarin, Praveen Khanghta et al, Economic & Political Weekly, 2018, Vol 53 Issue 8, Available here https://www.epw.in/journal/2018/8/special-articles/implementation-section-121c-right-education-act.html

Trends in Public Expenditure on Elementary Education in India with Avani Kapur, Economic & Political Weekly, 2016, Vol LI No 39, pp 23-25

Do Private Tuitions improve Learning Outcomes?: Evidence from India using ASER Data with Vibhu Tewary, Economic & Political Weekly, 2015,Vol L No 41, pp 72-80, Available here https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/41/special-articles/impact-private-tutoring-learning-levels.html

How is Janani Suraksha Yojana performing in Backward Districts of India?, with Avani Kapur, Economic & Political Weekly, 2013, Vol. 48, No. 42, pp 53-59, Available here https://www.epw.in/journal/2013/42/special-articles/how-janani-suraksha-yojana-performing-backward-districts-india.html

Structural Breaks in India's Growth: Revisiting the Debate with Longer Term Perspective, (with N. Hatekar), Economic & Political Weekly, 2005, Vol. 40, No. 14, pp 1432-1435. Also included in the volume ‘Economic Reforms and Growth in India (Essays from Economic & Political Weekly)', (ed. Pulapre Balakrishnan), Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., India

Cases

WeSkill: Sustainability Challenges of a Platform Start-up in an Emerging Market with Prof. Sourav Borah - MAR0539 (Registered November 2023) - Winner of the Inaugural IIMA Endowment Fund Case Award 2024

Ashok Kumar Pandey; RJMC0046 (Registered April 2022)

Chapters

Do Gram Panchayats Get Their Money? An Analysis of the State of Fiscal Devolution in Birbhum, West Bengal with Yamini Aiyar and Anirvan Chowdhury in ‘Decentralistion, Governance and Development: An Indian Perpsective', (ed. Pranab Kumar Das), Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd., India

Reimbursements to Private Schools: Rules Vs. Practice in State of the Nation: RTE Section 12(1)(C), 2015, IIM-A, Central Square Foundation, Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research), Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, March 2016

Janani Suraksha Yojana, Institutional Deliveries and Maternal Mortality: What does evidence say? in India Infrastructure Report 2013-14: Road to Universal Health Coverage, IDFC Foundation, India (published by Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd.), December 2014

Per Child Recurring Cost and Reimbursements: Issues and Way Forward in State of the Nation: RTE Section 12(1)(C) IIM-A, Central Square Foundation, Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research), Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, March 2015

Academic Conferences

6th International Conference on South Asian Economic Development (South Asian University, New Delhi) (virtual), February 2021

Population Association of America (virtual), Annual Meeting 2021, May 2021

Strengthening Public Health System in the Context of Universal Health Coverage, 7th Annual Conference organized by Indian Health Economics and Policy Association (January 2019)

5th International Conference on South Asian Economic Development (February 2019)

44th American Education Finance and Policy (AEFP) Annual Conference, Kansas City, Missouri (March 2019)

Conference on Exclusion, Inclusion and Equity, Organised by Comparative Education Society of India (CESI), to be held at JNU, New Delhi, December 2019

NFHS IV Consortium jointly organized by Brookings India and NITI Aayog (April 2018)

14th Annual Conference on Growth and Development, Indian Statistical Institute (December 2018)

Working Papers & Projects

Rules vs Responsiveness: Towards building an Outcome-focused Approach to governing Elementary Education Finances in India with Yamini Aiyar, Avani Kapur, Anit Mukherjee and T.R. Raghunandan, May 2015

Education Reforms, Bureaucracy and the Puzzles of Implementation: A Case Study from Bihar with Yamini Aiyar and Vincy Davis, November 2015

How much does India spend on Elementary Education? with How much does India spend on Elementary Education? with Avani Kapur, October 2014, October 2014

Can Conditional Cash Transfers impact Institutional Deliveries: Evidence from Janani Suraksha Yojana in India, November 2013

Barriers in translating mandate for inclusion in practice: Evidence from India's Right to Education act with Ankur Sarin and Karan Singhal

Can a mandate for inclusion change school choices for disadvantaged parents? –Evidence from Urban India (with Ankur Sarin and Karan Singhal)

Can education do it alone? Evidence on women's education and child health from India with P.K.V. Kishan

Missing women in Economic academia with Upasak Das and Karan Singhal

Other Publications

PAISA District Studies (Rural), Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research),

State of the Nation: RTE Section 12(1)(C), 2017, IIM-A, Centre for Policy Research and Central Square Foundation

PAISA 2012: Do Schools Get Their Money, Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research) and ASER, March 2013

PAISA District Surveys: Mid Day Meal Scheme (2012), Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research) and ASER, June 2013

PAISA 2011: Do Schools Get Their Money, Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research) and ASER, March 2012

PAISA 2010: Do Schools Get Their Money, Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research), ASER & National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (NIPFP), Delhi, March 2011

PAISA District Studies (Rural), Accountability Initiative (Centre for Policy Research), ASER & National Institute of Public Finance & Policy (NIPFP), Delhi, December 20112

In the Media

Where women stand in economics academia

The Hindu BusinessLine, 2019

Understanding School Choices under RTE's 25% Mandate

Ideas for India, 2019

New Education Policy ignores universality of Learning that RTE Ensures, Focuses on Autonomy of Private Schools

Firstpost, 2019

C-section Deliveries and the Role of Private Health Sector in India

Ideas for India, 2018

Barriers in Accessing Applications under RTE Quota in Gujarat

Ideas for India, 2017

Reservation under RTE: Status of Implementation and Way Forward

Ideas for India, 2016

Education reforms and frontline administrators: A case study from Bihar – II

Ideas for India, 2015

Education reforms and frontline administrators: A case study from Bihar - I

Ideas for India, 2015

A good way to implement RTE,

The Daily Pioneer, 2015

How much does India spend on Elementary Education?

Ideas for India, 2015

Do Private Tuitions improve Learning Outcomes?

Ideas for India, 2014

A Crisis of Implementation

Indian Express, 2012

On RTE, Do the Math

Indian Express, 2012

Role of private sector health providers on probability of C-sections

Business Standard, 2018

Role of private sector health providers on probability of C-sections

Times of India, 2018

Role of private sector health providers on probability of C-sections

Bloomberg, 2018

25% quota in private schools for economically weaker and disadvantaged sections

Mint, 2019