Charu Jain

Charu Jain

Fellow

Charu Jain is a Fellow at NCAER. Her areas of research interest includes education, gender, and socio-developmental changes. She has worked in the area of land & policy related issues, agriculture, steel, handloom sector, large-scale consumer studies, industrial surveys, housing indices, and macro-economic policy issues. Dr Jain has few national and international publications to her credit. She received her PhD in Economics from IGNOU, New Delhi and is Gold medallist during her Master’s program from GJUST, Hisar. She has authored a book on the ‘Quality of Secondary Education’ in India published by Springer. Before NCAER, she has worked at TNS India Ltd and PHD Chamber, New Delhi

WORKING PAPER | NCAER
Chronic Absenteeism and Its Impact on the Learning Outcomes of Primary Grades Students in India.
Charu Jain and Ruchi Jain
2024

JOURNAL |  Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research
Chronic Absenteeism and Its Impact on the Learning Outcomes of Primary Grade Students in India
Charu Jain and Ruchi Jain
2023

JOURNAL | Elsevier’s Land Use Policy
Women’s Land Ownership in India: Evidence from Digital Land Records
Charu Jain, Disha Saxena, Somnath Sen, Deepak Sanan
2023

REPORT | NCAER
Health Seeking Pathways in Four Indian States (4IS)
Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Ajay Mahal, Sumit Kane, Sumit Kumar, Shayequa Zeenat Ali, Charu Jain, Dhruv Pratap Singh, Sagari Sahu, Sree Sanyal, Chanchal Madhura Chowdhuri and Barbara McPake
September 2023

REPORT | NCAER
Skilling in Schools
Poonam Munjal, K A Siddiqui, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Palash Baruah, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam and Sagari Sahu
December 2022

WORKING PAPER | NCAER
Empirical Evidence of Gender Bias in Land Ownership in India
Charu Jain,  Disha Saxena, Chandni Mishra, Rupal Taneja,  Deepak Sanan,  Somnath Sen
2022

JOURNAL |  Margin: The Journal of Applied Economic Research
Are Secondary Schools Imparting Digital Skills? An Empirical Assessment
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
2021

REPORT | NCAER
NLPI Project Brief Nov 2021 
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Shashanka Bhide,  Somnath Sen,  Charu Jain,  Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena,  Falak Naz,  Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021

REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021 
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Shashanka Bhide,  Somnath Sen,  Charu Jain,  Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena,  Falak Naz,  Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021

REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2021: Overview 
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Shashanka Bhide,  Somnath Sen,  Charu Jain,  Aswani Munnangi, Prerna Prabhakar,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Apoorva, Arundhati Sharma, Chandni Mishra, Disha Saxena,  Falak Naz,  Rupal Taneja, Vijay Singh Bangari
2021

REPORT | NCAER
Education Satellite Account 2017-18, Uttarakhand
Poonam Munjal,  Charu Jain,  Asrar Alam,  Sundus Usmani, Sonal Jain,  Gargi Pal,  Rahat Hasan Khan
2021

REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020: Compendium 
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar,  Charu Jain,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra,  Falak Naz,  Nishika Pal,  Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020

REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020: Overview
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar,  Charu Jain,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra,  Falak Naz,  Nishika Pal,  Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020

REPORT | NCAER
NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI) 2020 
Deepak Sanan,  D B Gupta,  Somnath Sen, Prerna Prabhakar,  Charu Jain,  Anika Kapoor Yadav,  Kajal Gupta, Chandni Mishra,  Falak Naz,  Nishika Pal,  Disha Saxena, Arundhati Sharma, Vijay Singh Bangari, Yuvraj Sunger, Apoorva
2020

REPORT | NRMC
Status of Land Records Digitization in India: NCAER’s Land Records and Services Index 
P. Prabhakar, C. Jain, A. Kapoor, D. Sanan, D.B Gupta and S. Sen
2020

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING MANNUAL | Third International Conference on Education by TIIKM, Sri Lanka
Factors Affecting Teaching Abilities, Practices and Motivation – Evidences from Senior Secondary Schools in Delhi
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2017

REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters- Endline Reports Round 1 & 2
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2017 & 2018

REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters- Baseline Reports Round 1 & 2
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Charu Jain, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2016 & 2017

REPORT | NCAER
Monitoring and Evaluation of Handloom Clusters – Quarterly Reports
Khursheed Anwar Siddiqui, Poonam Munjal, Charu Jain, Prabir Kumar Ghosh, Asrar Alam, Palash Baruah, Madhura Chowdhuri, Prabeer Kumar Roy, Samir Kumar Mondal, Monisha Grover, Yashpal, Krishna Kumar Lal Das, Rakesh Srivastava, Shashi Singh
2016- 2018

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Report
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan,  Laxmi Joshi,  V. P. Ahuja,  Charu Jain,  Tarujyoti Buragohain
2017

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Fifth Medium-term Agricultural Outlook Report
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan,  Laxmi Joshi,  Charu Jain,  Anusha Avyukt, Tarujyoti Buragohain, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2016

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Rabi Outlook Report January 2016
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan,  Laxmi Joshi,  V. P. Ahuja,  Charu Jain,  Shesadri Banerjee
2016

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports
Rajesh Chadha, Ayyapasore Govindan,  Laxmi Joshi,  V. P. Ahuja,  Charu Jain,  Shesadri Banerjee, Sameer Kumar Mondal
2015

REPORT | NCAER
The Indian Steel Industry: Key Reforms for a Brighter Future 
Ramgopal Agarwala, Rajesh Chadha, Charu Jain, Jahnavi Prabhakar, Rohitash Chaudhary, S. Vijay Kumar
2015

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report January-March 2014
Shashanka Bhide, Laxmi Joshi, Charu Jain,  Himani Gupta
2014

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report January-March 2013
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal,  Charu Jain,  Sushrita Sarkar
2013

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports (First Semi-annual, Medium-term Agricultural Outlook Report)
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan,  Laxmi Joshi,  Sameer Kumar Mondal, V. P. Ahuja,  Charu Jain,  Mondira Bhattacharya, Rajesh Kumar, Sujoy Kumar Mojumdar, Aditi Jha, Himani Gupta,  Praveen Sachdeva,  Jagbir Singh Punia
2013

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report July-September 2012
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal,  Charu Jain,  Sushrita Sarkar
2012

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report April-June 2012
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, S C Agarwal,  Charu Jain,  Sushrita Sarkar
2012

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports: Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report July-September 2012
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal,  Charu Jain, Sushrita Sarkar
2012

REPORT | NCAER
Agricultural Outlook and Situation Analysis Reports (Quarterly Agricultural Outlook Report)
Shashanka Bhide,  Ayyapasore Govindan, V. P. Ahuja, Sameer Kumar Mondal, S C Agarwal,  Charu Jain,  Sushrita Sarkar
2012

REPORT | NCAER
Business Expectation Survey Reports
Shashanka Bhide, Purna Chandra Parida, Charu Jain, Praveen Sachdeva
2009- March 2014

REPORT | NCAER
Accelerating Infrastructure Building in India
Shashanka Bhide,  Payal Malik, S.K.N. Nair,  Ashwini Phadnis,  Anil Sasi,  T.K. Thomas, Amrita Chatterjee, Charu Jain
2010

JOURNAL | Journal of Educational Planning and Administration (JEPA)
Evidences of Linkage between Secondary Education and Socio-Economic Outcomes in India
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2016

JOURNAL |  FADA
Socio–Economic Factors Influencing Car Ownership by Indian Households
R.K Shukla, Anuj Das and Charu Jain
2007

JOURNAL | Margin
Overseas Education: An Indian Perspective
R.K Shukla and Charu Jain
2006

BOOK | Springer Nature
Quality of Secondary Education in India: Concepts, Indicators, and Measurement
Charu Jain and Narayan Prasad
2018

BOOKCHAPTER | Springer Nature
Missing Middle of Educated Unemployable: A Critical Perspective on Secondary Education in India
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
2020

MEASUREMENT BRIEF | NCAER
Gender imbalance in land ownership and the need for digitising land records
Charu Jain and Deepak Sanan
March 2023 | 2

POLICY BRIEF | NCAER
States Need to Expedite Action Plans for Improving the Quality of Land Records and Services
Charu Jain, Deepak Sanan, Somnath Sen
October 2021

POLICY BRIEF | NCAER
Key Drivers of Progress in Digitisation of India’s Land Records
Charu Jain, Deepak Sanan, Somnath Sen
September 2021

OPINION| Indian Express
Board evaluation criteria keeps students in mind
Charu Jain
June 2021

OPINION| The Print
Indian states taking ownership of land records digitisation, up to govt to expand it now: Study
Charu Jain and Deepak Sanan
April 2021

OPINION| The Hindu Business Line
Is learning the best bet during lockdown
Bornali Bhandari, Charu Jain and Ajay Sahu
April 2020

OPINION | Geography and You
Changing Spending Patterns on Private Coaching in India
Charu Jain
May 2018

  • Consultation Workshop Report organised by Ministry of Skill Development and National Council of Applied Economic Research, July 9, 2024
  • Presented on the topic ‘Insights on Survey Methodology, Challenges & Solutions: N-LRSI’s Experience’ at Workshop on ‘Survey Methodologies for Large Scale Sample Surveys’ organized by MOSPI on May 20, 2024 at New Delhi
  • Key speaker for the session on ‘Exploring Digital Skills in Secondary Schools’ at Online Workshop on Leadership for Vocational Education, organized by NIEPA from 2-4 March 2023.
  • Poster Presentation, ‘Empirical Investigations on Causes & Implications of Chronic Absenteeism Behavior on Wellbeing of Primary School Students in India’ at Population Association of America (PAA) Conference, 6-9 April, 2022, (Awarded Best Poster).
  • Paper presentation, ‘‘Investigating Causes and Implications of Chronic Absenteeism Behavior among Primary Grade Students in India: An Empirical Approach‘, at 29th International Population Conference (IPC 2021), 5-10 December 2021.
  • Poster Presentation, ‘Women’s Land Ownership and Its Impact on Spousal Violence and Sexual Decision Making Behaviour: Investigating Inequalities and Transformations in India”, at the XXIX International Population Conference (IPC 2021), December 10, 2021.
  • Panel discussant, “Open Land Data in India: Taking Stock and Building for the Future”, at Fifth India Land and Development Conference, organised by Land Portal Foundation, November 22, 2021.
  • Key Presenter, ‘The Digitization Of Land Records: A Panacea For Land Conflicts?’, Global webinar organized by NCAER, NRMC, Land Portal Foundation, Cadasta Foundation, Land Conflict Watch, July 8, 2021.
  • Presented ‘Key Findings of N-LRSI 2021’ at Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2021) Launch Event at NCAER, March 4, 2021.
  • Paper presentation, ‘Empirical Evidence of Gender Bias in Indian Data on Record of Rights’, at India Land Forum Conference, organized by The NCAER Land Policy Initiative, New Delhi. November 26, 2020
  • Presented ‘Sampling Methodology’ at Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020) Launch Event, NCAER T1 Auditorium, February 27, 2020.
  • Discussant in workshop on the topic ‘Perception and Level of Job Satisfaction of Teachers towards Teachers Transfer Policy of Haryana’, at the Department of Economics, GJUST Hisar (Haryana), January 23, 2019.
  • Poster Presentation, ‘Inter-State Analysis of Growth, Disparities & Linkages of Secondary Education in India’ at Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, China, 11-14 July, 2018.
  • Paper presentation, ‘Social Inequalities and Secondary Educational Attainment in India: An Inter-State Analysis’’ at XXVIII International Population Conference (IUSSP 2017), Cape Town, South Africa, 29th October- 4 Nov 2017.
  • Poster Presentation, ‘Measuring Educational Attainments, Disparities and Linking Socio-Economic Outcomes: An Inter-State Analysis of Secondary Education in India’ organized by Population Association of America (PAA), Chicago, Illinois (USA), 27-29 April, 2017.
  • Paper presentation, ‘Factors Affecting Teaching Abilities, Practices and Motivation – Evidences from Senior Secondary Schools in Delhi’’, at Second International Conference on Education, by TIIKMS held in Bangkok, Thailand, 21-22 April, 2016.
  • Paper presentation, ‘What Determine Student Outcomes? Empirical Evidences from Senior Secondary Schools in Delhi’, at Third International Asian Population Association (APA) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 27-30 July 2015.

Education

  • PhD Economics School of Social Science (SOSS), IGNOU, New Delhi, 2015
  • MBE Masters in Business Economics (Gold Medalist), Guru Jambeshwar University, Hisar, Haryana, 2003
  • BBE Bachelors in Business Economics, Delhi University, New Delhi, 2001

Work Experience

  • April  2022-Present: Fellow, NCAER
  • September, 2014-March 2022: Associate Fellow, NCAER
  • October, 2008-August 2014: Research Analyst NCAER
  • February, 2008-September 2008: Assistant Secretary at PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI), New Delhi
  • May, 2007- February 2008: Research Executive (International Division) at TNS India Ltd, New Delhi
  • March, 2004 – April, 2007: Research Analyst NCAER