Karthik Muralidharan

Tata Chancellor's Professor of Economics
Profiles
  1. Keeping Pace with Karthik Muralidharan, the 'Shinkansen' Economist - Business Standard Profile, April 2 2021
  2. Tata Institute for Genetics and Society Advances with Building Naming, Inaugural Chair Holders - UCSD News Center, September 13 2017
  3. Taking on inequity at the crossroads of ‘rigor, relevance and impact’ - Division of Social Sciences, Fall 2016
  4. Making sense of a new India - IndiaToday, December 11, 2014
Conversations and Interviews
  1. Karthik Muralidharan Examines the Indian State - The Seen and the Unseen with Amit Varma, Episode 290, August 15, 2022
  2. Understanding Indian Healthcare - The Seen and the Unseen with Amit Varma, Episode 225, May 16, 2021
  3. Fixing Indian Education - The Seen and the Unseen with Amit Varma, Episode 185, August 9, 2020
  4. The Road to Recovery: Rebuilding Governance and Finance in Indian States - India Leaders for Social Sector June 5, 2020
  5. Educational Initiatives Dialogues with Karthik Muralidharan - Educational Initiatives June 25, 2019
  6. Why Kids are Dropping out of School and What Works in Education - Podcast with Karthik Muralidharan - Center for Global Development August 18, 2015
  7. Focus on Learning Outcomes and Functional Literacy - Center for Global Development August 17, 2015
  8. Charting a Course for the Indian Economy: Karthik Muralidharan speaks with Arvind Subramanian - Ideas For India August 04, 2015. Transcript
  9. A Conversation on Bihar: Karthik Muralidharan speaks with Anjani Kumar Singh - Ideas For India November 02, 2014. Transcript
  10. Karthik Muralidharan in Conversation with Shekhar Shah - NCAER October 25, 2013
  11. New Delhi: Private vs. Government: New Evidence on School Performance from Andhra Pradesh, India - NCAER October 16, 2013
  12. Moving Up a Gear: Update - IGC August 22, 2013
  13. Moving Up a Gear: Can a bike help a girl's education in northern India? - IGC March 16, 2012
  14. In Conversation with Development Economist Karthik Muralidharan - CEGA December 12, 2010
Blogs and Op-Eds
  1. "Reversing losses in Learning after COVID" Hindustan Times (October 12, 2022)
    (with Abhijeet Singh and Mauricio Romero)
  2. "Open schools, with a focus on early grades" Hindustan Times (July 21, 2021)
  3. "A post-Covid-19 social protection architecture for India" Hindustan Times (June 10, 2020)
  4. "Sound public health policy need of hour" Hindustan Times (May 12, 2020)
  5. "A blueprint to finance higher public spending" Hindustan Times (May 03, 2020)
  6. "Karthik Muralidharan: 'To an extent, both supporters and critics of Aadhaar for service delivery are correct'" The Indian Express (February 24, 2020)
  7. "Evaluating the Aadhaar-PDS link" Hindustan Times (February 16, 2020)
  8. "A prize for evidence-based policy" Hindustan Times (October 15, 2019)
  9. "Go for performance-based funding" Hindustan Times (October 09, 2019)
  10. "Learning governance lessons from China" Hindustan Times (May 07, 2019)
  11. "Learning levels will not improve by spending more on education" Hindustan Times (April 17, 2019)
    (with Abhijeet Singh)
  12. "With rural economy as leading theme of polls, the policy options to address farm crisis" Hindustan Times (March 23, 2019)
  13. "Strengthen NREGS to support the rural economy" Hindustan Times (March 6, 2019)
    (with Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar)
  14. "Use mobiles to improve governance" Hindustan Times (December 5, 2018)
    (with Paul Niehaus, Sandip Sukhtankar, and Jeff Weaver)
  15. "Go for an "inclusive growth dividend" in India" Hindustan Times (November 6, 2018)
    (with Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar)
  16. "We need a choice-based approach in the Public Distribution System" Hindustan Times (October 3, 2018)
    (with Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar)
  17. "Balancing the cost and benefits of Aadhaar" The Mint (March 2018)
    (with Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar)
  18. "Ask for results" The Indian Express (February 26, 2016)
  19. "Building state capacity for better programme implementation: Lessons from the Andhra Pradesh Smartcard Program" Ideas for India (December 3, 2014)
    (with Paul Niehaus, and Sandip Sukhtankar)
  20. "Building an Inclusive and High-Performing School System" Ideas for India (January 29, 2014)
  21. "Understanding the relative effectiveness of government and private schools in India" Ideas for India (January 22, 2014)
  22. "Delivering services to aam aadmi" The Indian Express (January 7, 2014)
  23. "Using Evidence for Better Policy: The Case of Primary Education in India" Ideas for India (March 18, 2013) (a shortened version appeared in Chapter 2 of the Economic Survey of India 2013)
  24. "India's States Can be Laboratories for Policy Innovation and Reform" Business Standard (December 11, 2011)
    • "The Right to Choose your Food" (with Paul Niehaus and Sandip Sukhtankar) The Indian Express (August 2, 2011)
      • "On the Optimal Size of States" The Indian Express (December 16, 2009)
        • "Public Service Delivery in India: Challenges and Opportunities," India in Transition, Center for the Advanced Study of India (University of Pennsylvania) (September 22, 2007)
          • "Reward Teachers But Ensure Output," The Indian Express (June 30, 2006)
            Lectures
            1. [email protected]: Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India - UCSD Design, Lab June 19, 2017.
            2. Using Technology for Better Governance - CEGA, June 09, 2017.
            3. Basic Income in India: Karthik Muralidharan speaks on Last Mile Challenges - National Conference on Basic Income, March 29, 2017
            4. IGC Lecture: Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India - IGC, March 15, 2017
            5. IGC Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India - IGC, October 31, 2014
            6. NCAER Distinguished Lecture Series: Building State Capacity: Evidence from Biometric Smartcards in India - NCAER, May 29, 2014.
            7. JPAL: Evaluating at Scale: The Andhra Pradesh Smartcard Project - JPAL, January 27, 2014.
            8. NCAER Lecture: The Aggregate Effect of School Choice: Evidence from a Two-Stage Experiment in India - NCAER, January 13, 2014.
            9. JPAL: Teacher Performance Measurement and Management / Evidence-Based Programming in Early Grade Reading - JPAL, November 27, 2013.
            10. IGC Bihar Growth Conference: Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India - IGC, July 30, 2013.
            11. Global Asia Institute: Achieving Universal Quality Primary Education in India - Gloabl Asia Institute, December 07, 2010.
            12. Education Reform Lecture Series: Teacher Performance Pay: Experimental Evidence from India - Univ. of Arkansas, October 08, 2010.
            Media By Paper
            "Identity Verification Standards in Welfare Programs: Experimental Evidence from India"
            1. Blog: Balancing corruption and exclusion: Incorporating India's Aadhaar into public food distribution - VoxDev, Apr 17, 2020
            2. Blog: Aadhaar, no standout performer in welfare delivery - The Hindu, Feb 28, 2020
            3. Interview: Karthik Muralidharan: 'To an extent, both supporters and critics of Aadhaar for service delivery are correct' - The Indian Express, Feb 24, 2020
            4. Report: Nearly 88% of ration cards cancelled in Jharkhand belonged to genuine households - The Telegraph, Feb 21, 2020
            5. Blog: Aadhaar use in PDS 'not a free lunch,' finds a study - The Indian Express, Feb 21, 2020
            6. Blog: New study backs reports that Aadhaar-PDS link in Jharkhand led to exclusions - The Wire, Feb 21, 2020
            7. Op-Ed: Evaluating the Aadhaar-PDS link - Hindustan Times, Feb 16, 2020
            8. Blog: How Aadhaar in schemes can be problematic - Live Mint, Feb 11, 2020
            "Factorial Designs, Model selection, and (incorrect) Inference in Randomized Experiments"
            1. Blog: Be careful with inference from 2x2 experiments and other cross-cutting designs - World Bank Blogs, July 29, 2019
            "Improving Last-Mile Service Delivery Using Phone-Based Monitoring"
            1. Blog: Use mobiles to improve governance - Hindustan Times, December 5, 2018
            "General Equilibrium Effects of (Improving) Public Employment Programs: Experimental Evidence from India"
            1. News: Digital Revolutions in Public Finance: Visionaries, Plumbers & Architects - International Monetary Fund, Septebmer 08, 2017
            2. News: What America would look like if it guaranteed everyone a job - Vox, September 06, 2017
            Other Media
            1. Blog: There Are No Silver Bullets: The Way We Can Achieve 169 Targets - Huffington Post, September 01 2015
            2. Blog: Why Kids Are Dropping Out of School and What Works in Education – Podcast with Karthik Muralidharan - CEGA, August 18 2015
            3. Blog: In India, Revealing the Children Left Behind - The New York Times, October 23 2014