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About the Speaker: Ritika Jain is currently an Assistant Professor at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum. She received her Ph.D. in Development Studies in 2017 from Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. Her primary research interests include empirical industrial organization and public policy in India. Her work focuses on specific issues related to state owned enterprises- disinvestment, innovation, employment and performance. She also works on performance, corruption, and employment related aspects (such as reservation, gender diversity) in Indian firms. Recently, she was awarded the CDS Prize for the best performing Assistant Professor in terms of publications (for the biennium 2019-2021) by Prof Kaushik Basu.