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.

Research
Leadership Emergence in Student Teams: Field Evidence
Job Market PaperMisperceptions, Caste, and Preferences for Affirmative Action
Working Paper
Teaching
Economics of Education (TF)
Harvard University · Fall 2025
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.