Namitha Sadanand

Namitha Sadanand is a Senior Policy and Training Manager at J-PAL South Asia, where she supports efforts to promote evidence-based policymaking as well as build capacity for monitoring and evaluation in the region. As part of the policy team, she leads the Education sector and supports the Health sector on project development for new randomised evaluations and the synthesis and dissemination of existing evidence. Additionally, as part of the capacity building team, she works on building M&E capacity among NGOs, government and local researchers.

Prior to joining J-PAL in September 2017, she pursued her Master's degree in Development Studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science.