Abhishek is a development professional who has worked with Kudumbashree National Resource Organization (NRO), UNDP, World Bank, and Harvard’s Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD). In his most recent role as a Senior Research and Capacity Building Manager, he managed multiple research projects, including a large-scale evaluation in Chhattisgarh, India. Previously in Kudumbashree NRO, under the National Rural Livelihood Mission mandate, he helped share the best practices from Kerala regarding local governments, decentralized governance, and poverty eradication with other state governments. Abhishek holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) from Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), and an MPA with a focus on International Development from Cornell University.