Ashish Sachdeva

About

I am an Assistant Professor in Economics and Development Studies area at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur. My area of research is healthcare, specifically healthcare delivery systems and behavioral sciences in health. I apply principles of economics to investigate how individual and system-level changes affect individuals and public health outcomes.

I have a Ph.D. and MA in Economics from the University of Southern California, an MA in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, and a BA in Economics from Hansraj College, University of Delhi.

For my research, I collaborate with various international funding and implementation agencies such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF), Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), PATH, J-PAL, World Health Partners (WHP), Pfizer, and Resolve to Save Lives.

In addition to research, I enjoy teaching. I have taught and assisted courses in Economics, Behavioral, and Statistics at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur, Indian School of Business, Stanford University, Penn State University, and the University of Southern California.

Before joining IIMU, I worked as the Research Director and Adj. Assistant Professor at the Max Institute of Healthcare Management, Indian School of Business (ISB), Research Fellow at the Global Asia Institute, National University of Singapore, and a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at the University of Southern California.

Employment

• Indian Institute of Management- Udaipur Assistant Professor
  2024 - Present
• Indian School of Business Research Director and Adj. Assistant Professor
  2020 - 2024
• National University of Singapore Research Fellow
  2016 - 2019
• University of Southern California Research and Teaching Assistant
  2010 - 2016

Education

• University of Southern California PhD
  2011 - 2016
• University of Southern California MA
  2009 - 2011
• University of Delhi MA
  2003 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (8)

• Self-selected goals outperform assigned goals in reducing mobile phone usage: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial
  Social Science & Medicine 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119683
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• Private provider practices and incentives for hypertension management in rural and peri-urban Telangana, India– a qualitative study
  BMC Health Services Research 2024 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11560-5
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• Self-Selected Versus Assigned Target to Reduce Smartphone Use and Improve Mental Health: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial
  JMIR Research Protocols 2024 DOI: 10.2196/53756
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• Self-Selected Versus Assigned Target to Reduce Smartphone Use and Improve Mental Health: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)
  2023 DOI: 10.2196/preprints.53756
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• Outcomes of a hypertension care program based on task-sharing with private pharmacies: a retrospective study from two blocks in rural India
  Journal of Human Hypertension 2023 DOI: 10.1038/s41371-023-00837-7
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• Behavioral Dynamics Affecting Covid-19 Vaccination Uptake in India
  Health Management Policy & Innovation 2021
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• The path to equilibrium in sequential and simultaneous games: A mousetracking study
  Journal of Economic Theory 2018 DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2018.09.011
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• Pathways to Preventive Health, Evidence from India's Rural Road Program
  SSRN Electronic Journal 2015 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2636999
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