Namrata Chindarkar is an Associate Professor at the JSW School of Public Policy (JSW-SPP), Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She also serves as the Chair of JSW-SPP. She is a fellow of the Initiative for Sustainable Energy Policy (ISEP) at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Currently, her three key research themes are access to basic infrastructure (energy, water, and sanitation); individual and household welfare (poverty, inequality, subjective well-being); and gender and development.