Ph.D. – University of California, Irvine – 1990
M.A. – Economics, University of California, Irvine – 1989
M. Phil. – Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University – 1985
M.A.– Economics, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University – 1982
B.A. (Hons) – Economics, Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University – 1980
Dr. Wadhwa has published extensively and teaches statistics and econometrics at the University of California (Irvine), and the Indian Statistical Institute (New Delhi). She is the Director, Statistics of the Assessment Survey Evaluation Research (ASER) Centre, New Delhi, India. She has been associated with ASER since its inception in 2005 and is responsible for its sample design and the processing of ASER data.
She has also been a member of various government committees, including the Working Group for the Revision of Wholesale Price Index Numbers, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Dr. Wadhwa’s other research interests include development and monetary economics