MOHNISH KEDIA

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Education

• PhD in Public Policy, National University of Singapore 2020-

Thesis Supervisor: Dr M Ramesh, Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
• Fox Fellowship, Visiting Student Researcher, Yale University 2023-2024
• Master of Public Policy, National University of Singapore 2018-2020
• Master of Economics (China Studies), Peking University 2016-2018
Thesis Supervisor: Dr Minquan Liu, Professor, School of Economics, Peking University
• Advanced Diploma in Economics, University of Cambridge 2015-2016
• B.A. (Honors) in Economics, University of Delhi 2012-2015

Research & Work Experience

• Research Assistant, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore Mar 2023- May 2023
• Development of coding guide and coding of interview data on NVIVO, for a project which studies the
recovery, adaptation and transformation of NPOs in the sustainability sector in Singapore, during and after
COVID-19.
• Supervisors: Dr Yuhao Ba and Dr Sreeja Nair, Assistant Professor, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy,
National University of Singapore
• Research Assistant, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore Apr 2020- Jan 2021
• Data collection, analysis and coding for a project which tracks the social policy response of four east Asian
economies to COVID-19. (Link)
• Supervisor: Dr Ng Kok Hoe, Senior Research Fellow and Director of The Case Study Unit, Lee Kuan Yew
School of Public Policy, Singapore.
• Research Assistant, Centre for Human and Economic Development Studies (CHEDS) Jul 2019
• Data collection, analysis and research on social policies in Asia, with a special focus on India and China.
• Supervisor: Dr Minquan Liu, Honorary Director, Centre for Human and Economic Development Studies,
Peking University, Beijing, China.
• Research Assistant, Department of Real Estate, NUS, Singapore May 2019- Jun 2019
• Primary duties involved conducting literature reviews and downloading and cleaning large datasets (e.g.,
NASA’s air temperature data) for research in the field of health economics
• Other tasks included copy-editing and proofreading articles and grant proposals
• Supervisor: Dr Qin Yu, Assistant Professor, Department of Real-estate, NUS.
• Principal Investigator: Dr Sumit Agarwal, Professor and Head of Finance, NUS Business School.
• Independent Consultant, The George Institute for Global Health Apr 2017- Sep 2017
• Primary duties involved creating collaborations for the ‘Media Doctor Project’ and the ‘Critical Appraisal
Skills Program’, writing project drafts and organizing workshops.
• Supervisor: Mr Kannan Krishnaswamy, Communications Manager, The George Institute for Global
Health, India
Journal Articles
• “East Asian Social Policy Response During COVID-19: Similarities Amidst Differences”, Journal of Social
Policy (under consideration), with Yee Lok Wong, Soyoung Kim
• “Cross-Sector Collaboration, Nonprofit Readiness, and Sustainability Transitions”, Environmental Innovations
and Societal Transitions (revise and resubmit), with Yuhao Ba, Sreeja Nair
• Kedia M (2022). Sanitation Policy in India-Designed to Fail?, Policy Design and Practice. (Link)
• Kedia, M., Wang, Z., & Liu, M. (2020). Human resources for health development policy: a comparison
between China and India. Journal of Asian Public Policy, 1-20. (Link)

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Policy Briefs and Op-Eds
• Guest Contributor, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India. (Link) (Paid Position)
• Guest Contributor, Global-is-Asian, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of
Singapore (Link)
Teaching Experience
• Teaching Assistant, Research Methods for Public Policy 2, National University of Singapore. Taught by Dr
Adam Liu, for Master’s in Public Policy Program. Jan-May 2023
• Teaching Assistant, Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) - Basics, National University of Singapore. Taught by Dr
Rueben Ng, for Master’s in Public Policy Program. Aug-Dec 2022
• Teaching Assistant, Governance Study Project, National University of Singapore. Taught by Dr Joelle Fong
and Mr Terence Ho, for Master’s in Public Administration Program. Jan-May 2022
• Teaching Assistant, Economic Analysis, National University of Singapore. Taught by Dr Saravana Ravindran
and Dr Adrien Busy, for Master’s in Public Administration Program. Aug-Nov 2021
• Teaching Assistant, Global Health Policy, National University of Singapore. Taught by Dr Tikki Elka
Pangestu. This course was an NUS-wide elective. Jan-May2020
Pedagogy Training
• Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, Yale University, workshops (#) completed include Fundamentals
of Teaching Social Science (4), Teaching Quantitative Reasoning (1), Religion in the Classroom (1) 2023-2024
• Center for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, Teaching Assistant’s
Programme-Foundations Sep-Nov 2022
Service
• Department Representative, Graduate Student Assembly, Yale University 2023-2024
• Graduate Student Member, Board of Discipline, National University of Singapore 2022- 2023
• Reviewer, Public Performance and Management Review, Policy Design and Practice 2021-Present
• Doctoral Student Representative, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy 2020-2022

Conferences and Presentations

• Conference on Policy Process Research, Syracuse, May-2024
• Indian Public Policy Network Conference, “The Role of Policy Capacity in Collaborative Governance”,
Ahmedabad, Dec-2022
• East Asia Social Policy Conference, “Social Welfare Regimes in East Asia After Covid-19”, Online, Jun-2022
• International Public Policy Association Summer School Workshop, “Policy Capacity and Collaborative
Governance”, Padova, Italy, Jul-2022
• Indian Public Policy Network Conference, “Swachh Bharat Mission – Designed to Fail?”, Delhi, Dec-2019
Awards and Distinctions
• Fox International Fellowship, Yale University, a one year fully funded fellowship to conduct doctoral
research at Yale University. 2023-2024
• International Public Policy Association, Summer School at University of Padova, Italy, jointly funded by
the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the University of Padova. Jul-2022
• National University of Singapore Doctoral Research Scholarship, which covers tuition, accommodation,
travel and a monthly stipend for four years of doctoral studies. 2020-2024
• GPPN Fellow, Sustainable Development Certificate Program, Global Public Policy Network (GPPN), which
includes fully funded training programs at Sciences Po, Columbia University and London School of Economics
and Political Science. (Link) 2019-2020
• Li-Ka Shing Foundation Scholarship, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, which covers tuition,
accommodation, travel and a monthly stipend for two years of post-graduate studies. 2018-2020

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• International Alliance of Research Universities, Global Summer Program, at University of Tokyo, jointly
funded by Peking University and the University of Tokyo (Link) Jul-2017
• Yenching Academy Scholarship, Peking University; which covers tuition, accommodation, travel and a
monthly stipend for two years of post-graduate studies at Peking University. 2016-2018
• Letter of Distinction, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge for scoring distinction level grades in the
Advanced Diploma in Economics course. Jun-2016
• Merit Certificate, Ramjas College, University of Delhi, for the best aggregate score in the department of
economics. Jun-2015

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