I am a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Studies & Policy at the Institute for Social & Economic Change in Bangalore. I am currently engaged in my doctoral research titled "Asymmetric Information & the Choice of Doctoral Degree Seats: A Study of Screening, Signaling, & Matching Processes." My academic interests lie at the intersection of Microeconomic Theory & Behavioral Economics. Through my work, I analyze the doctoral admission process from the perspective of information asymmetry, focusing on how screening, signaling, & matching mechanisms impact the allocation of doctoral seats. For more: https://sites.google.com/view/kaibalyapati-mishra/