Anvita Ramachandran is an Economist with the Economics and Statistics Unit (ESU) in Chennai.

Alongside her studies, she has worked as a short-term consultant with the Economic Research and Development Impact department at the Asian Development Bank and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice at the World Bank.

She is completing her Ph.D. in International Development at the University of Oxford. Her research focuses on labour, migration, and firms in developing countries, exploring two interrelated challenges to structural transformation in India: low productivity among manufacturing firms and the limited spatial mobility of workers. She has used diverse data sources, including panel studies, administrative records, experimental methods, and semi-structured interviews.

She holds an MPhil in Development Studies (with distinction) from the University of Oxford, and a BA in Economics and a BSc in Statistics (magna cum laude) from the University of Chicago.