Amita Chudgar is a professor of education policy at Michigan State University. Prior to joining Michigan State, she trained in economics (Mumbai University), development studies (Cambridge University) and economics of education (Stanford University). Through the analysis of diverse, large-scale, national (India), regional (South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa) and cross-national datasets, she explores the role of policy-relevant variables in ensuring equal educational opportunities for disadvantaged children and youth. Chudgar’s research has been supported by various awards including the American Educational Research Association research award, National Academy of Education and Spencer Foundation’s Postdoctoral fellowship, The United Nations Children’s Fund, the MacArthur Foundation, and most recently the prestigious Lyle Spencer award. She has written extensively in several prominent outlets and some of her publications have won various prestigious awards in the field. She currently serves as a co-editor at Comparative Education Review and serves on the editorial boards of American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, International Journal of Educational Development, Prospects: quarterly review of comparative education. In addition to her scholarship Chudgar also has a prominent leadership presence in the field of international and comparative education. She is the founding chair of South Asia Special Interest Group at the Comparative and International Education Society and has served as elected board member at the Comparative and International Education Society.

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