Nikita Sharma is the managing editor for VoxDev, a platform for taking development economics from research to practice, at the International Growth Centre, based at the London School of Economics. While her work entails engaging with research across the development economics spectrum, economics of education and education policy are especially close to her heart. Previously, Nikita worked as a research assistant at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, providing data support to the field team conducting surveys for a randomized controlled trial in Kenya. Nikita has a master’s in International and Development Economics from Yale University and an undergraduate degree in economics from Miranda House, University of Delhi.