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Karthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s professor of economics at the University of California San Diego (UCSD). He is also the co-founder and scientific director of the Centre for Effective Governance of Indian States (CEGIS), a non-profit that works with multiple states across India to improve state capacity, governance, and service delivery. He actively engages in policy advising at global, national, and state levels; and in public communication of research insights through op-eds, podcasts, and public lectures. Born and raised in India, he holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard, an MPhil in economics from Cambridge (UK), and a PhD in economics from Harvard.