Dr. Gautam Anand

Gautam has more than ten years of experience leading impact evaluations and mixed-methods research across Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia. He specializes in designing and managing large-scale evaluations, systems, and policy research, including RCTs, A/B testing, and diagnostic studies. Gautam has contributed to multiple publications at GSL and in academic journals, and he is passionate about evidence-based approaches to improving educational outcomes globally.

He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Oregon State University, USA; a Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, USA; and a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India. He was an Asian Development Bank–Japan Scholarship Program Fellow (2015–2017) at the East-West Center, Hawai‘i, USA.

Here are links to some of his work:

• Leveraging school principals to address learning loss in Indonesia through group and individual targeting (International Journal of Educational Development)

• Unlocking the Potential of Women School Leaders (UNGEI)

• A Systems Approach to Improve Support for School Leaders and Education Officers to Prioritise Teaching and Learning (RISE Programme)

• School leaders’ top priorities: Learning loss and student mental health (World Education Blog)

• Improving school management in low and middle income countries: A systematic review (Economics of Education Review)