Aasim is currently supporting an embedded unit with the Planning Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh, to provide data and evidence-based advisory to drive the state’s economic development goals. Prior to this, he was involved in the evaluation of Project Sampoorna, an SEL initiative run in government schools in Jharkhand. Prior to IDinsight, Aasim worked as a Program Coordinator at Canopy Nepal. Aasim holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research (DipASR) degree from Ashoka University, where he completed an advanced major in Economics and a minor in Political Science.