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Priya Vedavalli

Principal

Priya is a Principal at Artha Global. She is currently leading the work under the Centre for Rapid Insights.

Before joining Artha, Priya worked as an Associate at the  IDFC Institute. She has also worked as a Data Analyst at Laterite, a firm focusing on development data research with offices across East Africa. She has worked out of locations like New Delhi, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) and Kigali (Rwanda) and has experience in primary data collection and econometric analysis. Before Laterite, she worked as a Research Analyst at McKinsey & Company.

Priya holds an MSc in Economics from University College London (UCL) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Stella Maris College, Madras University, India.

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