Sukhmani Kaur

Sukhmani Kaur is a Research Associate at J-PAL South Asia, where she works on a digital literacy randomized control trial in Punjab in collaboration with researchers from the University of Illinois, Glasgow University, and Stanford University.

Prior to this, she was a Research Consultant and Project Associate on the same project, overseeing data collection, stakeholder engagement, and field team management to ensure high-quality research implementation. She also worked as a Field Manager on a research project with Columbia University, leading data collection across 82 rural schools in Punjab and Haryana and contributing to intervention design.

Sukhmani was selected for the highly competitive Harvard Project for Asian and International Relations (HPAIR) Conference 2025 in Boston, where she was a finalist in the Impact Challenge, presenting innovative solutions to pressing global issues.

She holds a B.Sc. (Hons) in Community Science from Punjab Agricultural University, specializing in Extension Education and Communication Management.