Sidhya Balakrishnan is the Director of Research at the Jain Family Institute and has worked on research in the Stockton guaranteed income demonstration and the Maricá, Brazil basic income program. She has designed and analyzed large observational and quasi-experimental studies in India, including an evaluation of learning centers for women for DFID UK, and a Review of Activity Based Learning for UNICEF; and several state assessments. Balakrishnan has been able to write and speak about her work on panels and workshops at the Russell Sage Foundation, the North American Basic Income Guarantee congress, Stanford Basic Income Lab, and the Economic Security Project.