Nirmali Sivapragasam

Research Intern

Nirmali is primarily involved in research on Teleuse@BOP. She currently explores the development and use of cost-saving strategies, specifically, the use of missed calls at the bottom of the pyramid and its likely economic and policy implications for users, operators and policy-makers. She will also be contributing to the Measuring ICT Sector and Regulatory Performance study and is in charge of LIRNEasia’s Media Coverage Database.

Prior to joining LIRNEasia, she worked as a Project Intern at the Institute of Policy Studies of Sri Lanka. Attached to the Industry, Public Enterprise Reform and Regulatory Policy Division, she assisted senior researchers in the development of a Concept Paper regarding the formulation of guidelines for an effective Industrial Policy for Sri Lanka. During this period, she gained experience in the collection of information via interviews and literature, analysis and evaluation of information and the preparation of summary reports. Nirmali also worked as a part-time Field Research Officer for Nielsen Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd and was involved in several quantitative and qualitative research projects during this period.

In 2005, she was selected as part of a delegation to the Republic of Maldives, on behalf of the World Bank, where she conducted fieldwork operations for a global World Bank Investment Climate Assessment report on the Maldives.

Nirmali holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Management with First Class Honours from the London School of Economics, University of London (External).

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