Projects

Research projects

  • "Treatment of Tobacco under GST in India". Funded by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington DC, USA. 2019-2020 (On going).

  • "Study on economic burden of tobacco related diseases in India, 2017". Funded by the World Health Organization, New Delhi, India. 2017-20.

  • "Trends in affordability to tobacco products and the impact of GST in India". Funded by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington DC, USA. 2019.

  • "Treatment of Tobacco under GST and the Estimate of illicit trade in cigarettes in India". Funded by the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids, Washington DC, USA. 2016-2018.

  • "Development of a toolkit on using household expenditures surveys ". Funded by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA.

  • "Study on trends in consumption, tax, price and affordability of Sugar Sweetened Beverages in India". Funded by the World Health Organization, New Delhi, India. 2018-19.

  • "Health-Cost Study to estimate the economic burden of tobacco related disease at national and sub-national levels in India". Funded by the Public Health Foundation of India, New Delhi through the project grant received from World Health Organization and the Ministry of Health, Govt. of India. 2012-2013.

  • "Economics of Tobacco Taxation in India" jointly with Frank Chaloupka, Professor of Economics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA and Prabhat Jha, Professor of Epidemiology, University of Toronto, Canada. Funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies (2008-2010).

Technical Assistance projects

  • "Technical assistance on using household expenditures surveys". Funded by the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA. 2018-20 (ongoing)

  • "Workshop on health and economic impact evaluation for the Philippines Department of Health". Funded by Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative through Vital Strategies, New York, USA. 2017.

  • "Workshop on economics of harmful products for the Sri Lanka Ministry of Health". Funded by Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative through the Vital Strategies, New York, USA. 2017.