I am a Non Resident Fellow at the Oxford Martin School program on the Future of Development and the Deputy Director, Women's Economic Empowerment at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. I lead the foundation’s global strategy and portfolio on strengthening data architecture and deepening research and evidence for women’s economic empowerment programming and policymaking.

Prior to joining the Gender Equality team in 2019, I anchored research and evaluation portfolios for the foundation on nutrition, digital, youth and gender in India. I have worked for over 15 years in public policy research and design, with a focus on gender, youth and development. I started my career working for the Indian government’s Planning Commission and have worked in 10 countries for global non-profit organization such as J-PAL, Innovations for Poverty Action and the World Bank. I have lived in India, France, Morocco and Bangladesh.

I hold a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Oxford. I have a Master's in International and Development Economics from Yale University and a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Mount Holyoke College.



​Contact: 

email:
diva.dhar AT bsg.ox.ac.uk

Contact: 

email:
diva.dhar AT bsg.ox.ac.uk