Deeksha Tayal is a Fellow at the Institute of Human Development (IHD), Delhi. Her research focuses on gender and labour market issues, particularly, unpaid and paid work, decent working conditions, discrimination and gender inequality, crime and violence against women, transport and urban infrastructure, son preference, adolescent and child health, etc. She has a Ph.D. in economics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. She has a total work experience of more than 17 years, spanning research in both industry and the academic arena. She is well-versed in undertaking both quantitative and qualitative studies. She is skilled at handling large secondary datasets as well as primary data collection techniques. Her research has been published in several peer-reviewed high-impact international journals like Journal of Family Issues, Asian Development Reviews, South Asia Research, etc. She has been engaged in projects funded by leading national and international organizations like ICSSR, NITI Aayog, CFAR, UNICEF, UNESCAP, ILO, LIRNEasia, IGC, etc.