Rishika Tomar

Rishika Tomar is pursuing a Ph.D. in development economics, focusing on gender equity and healthcare economics. Having served as a Research Analyst at the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, and a Research Fellow at the Institute of Home Economics, Delhi University, she worked on various kinds of gender differences in India and offers a multifaceted approach to research and policy analysis. She presented her research findings at international conferences and published articles on pressing societal issues. Throughout her career, she has successfully collected funding from different sources, such as a 'Junior research fellowship' from the University Grants Commission of India, an 'International travel grant' from the Indian Council of Social Science Research, and 'Good International Conference’ grant from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, to support her research endeavors. She was among 15 students from India selected for the international youth exchange program and represented the country at the BRICS Youth Summit 2021, hosted by the Government of India. The summit fosters collaboration and dialogue among young leaders from five nations.

Gender, Health and Climate Change

M.Sc. (Agribusiness Economics) from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune.

B.A. (Hons.) Economics from Kirorimal College, University of Delhi.

‘End violence against women’, Orissa Post, 2022. Link

‘Tackling the shadow pandemic of rising Domestic Violence’,2020; Editorial, The New IndianExpress.Link

Exploring the tangible and intangible cost dimensions in global noncommunicable disease research using systematic content analysis with P.Taneja, P.M. Bajpayee and P.C. Mohanty | Discover Public Health (2025)

‘Do Indian Households Facing Catastrophic Healthcare Expenditures Discriminate against Women for Treatment of Non-Communicable Diseases?’ at the European Population Conference (EPC) in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2024. Partially funded by the Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs, IIT Roorkee.

‘Investigating the Gender Gap in Healthcare Expenses for Non-communicable Diseases in Indian Households’ at the 96th International Atlantic Economic Conference in Philadelphia, U.S.A., 2023, Fully funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR).

‘Gender gap in Healthcare expenses among non-communicable diseases in India’, at Anusandhan 1.0, organized by IIT Mandi, 2023.

‘The Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: Case Studies from Asia and Africa’ at International Conference on Human Rights, Gender Studies, Law and Social Sciences in Chandigarh, 2018.

‘Changing conditions in a changing world: The comparative analysis of health, morbidity, and mortality’ Workshop of the European Association of Population Studies Health, Morbidity, and Mortality Working Group organized in Budapest, Hungary, 2023- Online.