Swarna holds a Ph.D. in Management with a specialization in Economics from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She has completed her Master of Arts (Economics) from the University of Hyderabad and her Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in Economics from the University of Delhi. Additionally, she has obtained training in courses on Microeconometric Methods namely Panel Data Linear Analysis, Econometrics of Cross-Section Data with Applications, and Quantitative Methods for Public Policy Evaluation taught during the Summer School organized by the Barcelona School of Economics, Spain. 

Swarna is an empirical development economist with interests in household consumption behaviour, poverty, local governance, education, and health. Her research focuses on both the micro and macro aspects of development economics and its policy implications. In the area of applied micro development, she has examined questions related to the welfare effects of a) workfare programs, and b) village-level local governance measures on rural households. Her research in macro development economics emphasizes analyzing the long-run relationship between health, education, and economic growth at the state level. She has analyzed large cross-sectional and panel data obtained from nationally representative surveys and employed a wide range of modern empirical methodologies to conduct her research. She has consistently received acceptances for her work at prestigious international and national conferences including the Econometric Society, Midwest Econometrics Group (MEG), East Asian Economic Association (EAEA), Society for the Study of Economic Inequality (ECINEQ), Asian Development Bank (ADB), University of Michigan, Delhi School of Economics, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Lucknow.

Her teaching interests include microeconomics, macroeconomics, managerial econometrics, impact evaluation for development, rural governance, and public policy. 
 

• The Econometric Society
• European Economic Association
• East Asian Economic Association
• Society for the Study of Economic Inequality 
   

(*denotes presenter)

• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). "Examining the Effects of Exposure to Workfare on Rural Household Vulnerability: Evidence from MGNREGS", 18th East Asian Economic Association Conference, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, 21-22 October 2023. (scheduled)
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). "Examining the Spillover Effects of Exposure to MGNREGS on Village Incomes and Household Consumption Expenditures", 33rd Annual Midwest Econometrics Group Conference, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, Ohio, USA, 12-13 October 2023. (scheduled)
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). "Improving Rural Household Welfare Through Decision-Making: Exploring Mechanisms and Effects of Enrolling under MGNREGS", Tenth Meeting of the Society for the Study of Economic Inequality, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, Aix-en-Provence, France, 10-12 July 2023 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). "Improving Rural Household Welfare Through Decision-Making: Exploring Mechanisms and Effects of Enrolling under MGNREGS", 4th Annual Conference on Economics and Finance organized by the Department of Economics and Finance, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, 9-11 February 2023 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). “Assessing the Effects of Vulnerability and Workfare on Poverty Measures: Evidence from the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme” IMR Doctoral Conference (IMDRC), IIM Bangalore, 3-4 February 2023 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). “Does Household Decision-Making Influence Poverty Dynamics: Exploring Mechanisms and Effects of Enrolling under MGNREGS", Asia Meeting of Econometric Society (South Central and Western Asia), IIT Bombay, 10-12, January 2023 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2023). “Does Household Decision-Making Influence Poverty Dynamics: Exploring Mechanisms and Effects of Enrolling under MGNREGS", 4th Annual Economics and Finance Conference, organized by Ahmedabad University, Ahmedabad, 5-6 January 2023 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). “Assessing the Effects of Vulnerability and Workfare on Poverty Measures: Evidence from MGNREGS” Second Biennial Conference on Development, organized by Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, 21-23 December 2022 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). "Improving Rural Household Welfare Through Decision-Making: Exploring Mechanisms and Effects of Enrolling under MGNREGS" Delhi Winter School 2022, organized by the Centre for Development Economics, at the Delhi School of Economics, jointly with the Econometric Society, 14-17 December 2022 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H.K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). “Does Workfare Reduce Rural Household Vulnerability? Evidence from MGNREGS", Annual International Research Conference organized by IIM Lucknow, 9-11 December 2022. Awarded the best paper award in the economics/business environment track. (Abstract published in conference proceedings.). 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H. K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). “Does Workfare Reduce Rural Household Vulnerability? Evidence from MGNREGS”, XVII International Conference on Public Policy and Management, organized by the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, 22-24 August 2022 (Abstract published in conference proceedings.). 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H. K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). Assessing the Effects of Vulnerability, MGNREGS, and Governance on Poverty”, Asian Economic Development Conference, jointly organized by Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank Institute, 14-15, July 2022 (Virtual Mode). (Abstract published in conference agenda and list of abstracts). 
• Parameswaran, S*., Nagarajan, H. K., Das, A., and Pandey V. (2022). Local Governance as an Effective Measure to Reduce Household Vulnerability, 3rd Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 24-28 January 2022 (Virtual Mode). (Abstract published in list of abstracts). 
• Parameswaran, S*. (2019). “Exploring pathways for sustainable development in India through linkages between health, education, and economic growth: Evidence from a panel co-integration framework”, 2nd Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 11-14 October 2019. (Abstract published in list of abstracts).