Ashutosh Bhuradia

PhD Candidate, Education Policy and Program Evaluation · Harvard University, School of Education

I study education, inequality, and political economy using field experiments and administrative data. My current work examines how misperceptions about caste shape attitudes toward affirmative action and how leadership emerges in small teams.

Ashutosh Bhuradia

Research

  • Leadership Emergence in Student Teams: Field Evidence

    Job Market Paper
  • Misperceptions, Caste, and Preferences for Affirmative Action

    Working Paper

Teaching

Economics of Education (TF)

Harvard University · Fall 2025

Syllabus

Fieldwork

  • Teamwork & Leadership Experiment

    Non-elite Indian engineering college

    Randomized leaders vs team-chosen leaders in 3-person online teams; outcomes include performance and coordination.