Hema Swaminathan
Professor
Marketing
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
India
Biography
Hema Swaminathan is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Public Policy. Her broad interests are in the areas of poverty and inequality using a gender perspective.
Research Interest
Professor Swaminathan’s recent and ongoing research focuses on wealth and asset distribution between men and women and its implications for welfare outcomes. She is also interested in understanding the links between economic growth and women’s labour supply in India. Some of her work explores the effect of policy initiatives on health outcomes.