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Abdul Zabbar Sakil is a Research Analyst in the Markets, Trade, and Institutions Unit, based in Dhaka. Sakil has expertise in handling large-scale, intricate survey data; survey management and questionnaire development; and in evaluating government policies. His research interests focus on food security, poverty, and labor economics. Before joining IFPRI, […]

Sunil Saroj joined IFPRI as Research Analyst in July 2015. He is currently working in Policy Reform Initiative Project (PRIP) for Agricultural Development and Food Security in Nepal. Prior to joining IFPRI, he worked with IPE Global Pvt. Ltd., Micro Insurance Academy (MIA) and Collaborative Research and Dissemination (CORD). He […]

Esha Sarswat is a Senior Communications Specialist in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health unit, based in New Delhi. She currently works for South Asia Nutrition Knowledge Network, an initiative to support use of data and evidence for nutrition in South Asia and the communications point of contact for CGIAR initiative […]

Emily Schmidt is a Senior Research Fellow in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. Her research focuses on the intersection of development economics and geographic information systems (GIS) with an emphasis on the dynamic process of rural land transformation, rural employment diversification, and agricultural production outcomes on household welfare. Her […]

Samuel Scott is a Research Fellow in IFPRI’s Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. With IFPRI since 2016, he conducts applied nutrition research in the South Asia region. He has experience working on iron deficiency and anemia, adolescent health, biofortification, human functional outcomes such as cognition, behavior change communication strategies, women’s […]

Sokhna Sall Seck is a Communications Specialist in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit at the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI) West and Central Africa office. Her work includes both internal and external outreach to promote research across a variety of communication channels such as web and social media, […]

Debdatta Sengupta is a Senior Research Analyst with the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit.

Nabila Afrin Shaima is a Research Assistant in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. She joined IFPRI in 2018 under the Integrated Food Policy Research Program in Bangladesh. Her research interests focus on environmental development and social sciences. She hopes to function as a change agent and initiate, promote, and […]

Raisa Shamma is a Research Analyst in the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit. Her research interests include public health and biostatistics, with a particular focus on women’s empowerment, gender, and health-related research. Prior to joining IFPRI she was an associate at 10 Minute School, the largest online educational platform in […]

Kriti Sharma is a Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit in IFPRI’s South Asia Office in New Delhi, India. Her research interests include growth, development, and agricultural economics. Currently, she is working on adoption and impact of emerging technologies in agriculture in addition to other related topics. […]