Namrata Chindarkar is an Assistant Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS) and a faculty associate at the Institute of Water Policy, NUS.
Her research is at the intersection of sustainable development and social policy. Her research on energy policy focuses on interactions and spillovers between energy sector reforms and socio-economic and environmental outcomes; energy policy governance including policy design, policy capacity, and policy innovation; and socio-cultural aspects of energy access such caste- and gender-based inequities. Her methodological approach is applied econometrics and policy impact evaluation using primary, secondary, and administrative policy data.
Namrata earned an MA in Development Studies from the University of Manchester, an MPhil in Social Sciences from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and a PhD in Policy Studies from the University of Maryland – College Park.