Dr. Biswajit Kar is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in Azim Premji University, Bhopal. Prior to joining Azim Premji University, he worked at the National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) and UNICEF, Delhi. At NIUA, he worked on multiple research projects and was the Managing Editor of Urban India, a journal published by NIUA. At UNICEF, he supported the designing and implementation of a Management Information System (MIS) for the Madrassas and other research works. Dr. Kar earned his M. Phil. and Ph.D. from JNU, conducting research studies on multiple issues such as segregation, privatization, inequality in opportunity and access, and neighbourhood schooling in the context of school education in India. He has experienced application of geographic concepts and techniques in understanding educational development in the disadvantaged areas. His technical expertise lies in designing and managing large-scale primary surveys using Open Data Kit (ODK) platform. He has also experienced data management and analysis, both primary and secondary datasets, namely NFHS, NSS, UDISE+, Census of India and IHDS, etc. using statistical packages (SPSS, STATA, and R Programming) and GIS software.
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