Nilesh Fernando is an assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, and a faculty affiliate at the Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) at MIT. He is a development economist whose research agenda focuses on understanding frictions in labour markets and agricultural technology adoption in South Asia. His research has been featured in The Hindu, The Financial Times, Mint, Dawn, and Harvard Business Review. Mr. Fernando completed his undergraduate studies at Hampshire College and earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 2015.