Education

1. PGD Business Analytics, University of Mumbai
2. PGD Economics and Finance, University of Mumbai
3. Bachelor of Engineering, Gujarat Technological University

Profile

Ayush Patel is an independent researcher working at the intersection of data, political economy, and development. His work spans experimental and non-experimental methods, data analytics, and teaching.

He is affiliated with the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) as a Researcher, where he built and maintains the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index databank.

Publications

Bureaucratic Risk Aversion and Indecision in India (2021) Indian Public Policy Review (with Neha Sinha, Ashwin Varghese, Avanti Durani and Ayush Patel )

For a Few Documents More ‑ A Rapid Survey of Migrant Workers from Bihar on the Social Identity Registry (SIR). (2025) Stranded Workers Action Network 

Contributions in UNDP and OPHI (2021). Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021 – Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste and gender. United Nations Development Programme and Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative.