Sharad Pandey is a Research Associate at Accountability Initiative (AI). His research interests are public finance, education, sustainable development and labour market. Prior to AI, he was with the Centre for Budget and Policy Studies (CBPS) where he focused on education, public finance and governance related projects. He has also worked with an implementation agency, Aspire. Pandey holds a BA (Honours) in Economics from University of Delhi and an MA in Public Policy from Jindal Global University.