डॉ. ज़ीनत हाशमी

Dr. Zeenat Hashmi is a Development Economist and Assistant Director at the National Institute of Labour Economics Research and Development (NILERD), an autonomous institute under NITI Aayog, Government of India.

She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from IIT Bombay, where her dissertation focused on health outcomes and socioeconomic inequalities among Muslim women in India.

Her research expertise lies at the intersection of health economics, gender studies, labour markets, public policy and applied microeconometrics.

She has published in international journals including Frontiers in Nutrition, Frontiers in Public Health and the International Journal of Social Economics.

She has presented her work at global demography and population conferences across Austria, Nepal and Australia and holds memberships in professional bodies such as IUSSP and APA.