Kriti Bhargava is a Research Associate at PxD. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Public Policy and Economics from FLAME University. Before joining PxD, she interned at NITI Aayog on the Aspirational Districts and Aspirational Block Programmes. She also interned at the Capacity Building Commission, supporting the rollout of the Rashtriya Karmayogi Large Scale Jan Seva Program. At FLAME University, she worked with the Centre for Knowledge Alternatives on projects like The Districts Project and Gyan Gunjan. She also worked with the FLAME Centre for Legislative Education and Research on India State Story and the Federalism Primer. Her work spans quantitative and policy research, data visualisation, and monitoring & evaluation. She has co-authored several publications on political economy and public policy in outlets including Mint, Indian Express, Sarkarnama and Scroll.in.