Soumi Bose is a research scholar in the Department of Economics and Finance, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus. She joined the program in August 2023 and is currently in her fourth semester. Before joining the program, she briefly worked in the academic content creation sector. She obtained her Master’s in Arts in Economics in 2020 from Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, India. She earned her undergraduate degree in B.Sc (Economics) from the University of Calcutta. Her research interest broadly covers gender economics, development economics and public policy issues. She is passionate about areas and aspects related to inequality, economic development and evidence-based policies. Her research focuses on various aspects of female labour market outcomes, namely, the use of the internet, childcare policy, and skill disparity in trade. Moreover, she is an active member and the department representative in the BPHC PhD Placement cell. She also officially manages the department's social media outreach initiatives.