Biography:
Neethu Edavalath completed her post-graduation in Economics from Nirmalagiri College, Kannur University, Kerala, in 2017. She pursued her doctoral studies at the Central University of Kerala (CUK), specializing in Health Economics, and was awarded her PhD in 2025. Her research primarily focused on public health expenditure and its impact on maternal and child health outcomes in India. Passionate about data-driven policy research, she has experience handling large-scale datasets and conducting empirical analysis. She has published two research papers in peer-reviewed journals and remains committed to contributing to evidence-based economic policymaking and academic scholarship.
Title : Distributional impact of public health spending on maternal health services in India: Who benefits from health care subsidies?