Rashmi is an Associate Professor in the Economics and Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi. Prior to joining ISI, she held positions at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and Singapore Management University (SMU). She is an invited researcher at J-PAL, a Research Fellow with the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative, and a core member of the Society for Economics Research in India (SERI). She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University in 2009. Her research lies at the intersection of education, health, and labor economics, with a particular focus on gender, human capital formation, and household decision-making in low- and middle-income countries. Using applied microeconomic methods, including experimental and quasi-experimental approaches, she studies how policies and social norms shape educational outcomes, labor market participation, and well-being.