Smriti Sakhamuri is the Coordinator of the Social Observatory (SO). She manages research efforts that follow the SO’s principle of developing adaptive capacity, and implements them in World Bank-assisted livelihoods projects across India. As a research associate at the SO, she utilized her experience in research design and quantitative data analysis to implement a large-scale participatory tracking survey that measures community well-being and project implementation in Tamil Nadu. Prior to joining the SO, Smriti was a research associate at Development Analytics and assisted in generating capacity building tools for CABRI member countries’ agricultural and finance ministries, to conduct impact evaluations. She has also worked on multiple projects as a program associate at DevInfo, that ranged from establishing a global monitoring and evaluation e-learning platform to developing a multi-hazard mapping tool to aid government agencies in risk informed planning. Smriti holds a Master's degree in Applied Economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics (with honors) from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom.