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The researchers, advisors, and partners behind FieldVista Policy Lab

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Dr. Rahul Kumar Singh

Founder, FieldVista Policy Lab

Current: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Tokyo, Japan
Previous: Postdoctoral Fellow, Isaac Centre for Public Policy, Ashoka University
Education: Ph.D. in Economics, IIT Bombay
Research: Social networks, credit access, technology adoption, climate risk, rainfed agriculture

Rahul Kumar Singh is a development economist whose work centers on understanding how rural communities in India navigate economic constraints, climate shocks, and institutional gaps. Through extensive fieldwork across Maharashtra and Bihar, he has built longitudinal datasets that capture the evolving dynamics of village economies. His research integrates network science, causal inference, and spatial methods to produce actionable insights for agricultural and rural development policy.

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