Arvind is a research scientist in The Bridge at NORC. He combines rigorous quantitative methods with contextual qualitative insights to study human development from early childhood to old age. His quantitative expertise spans policy evaluation, program evaluation, secondary data analysis, complex survey design, machine learning, and complex data visualization. Arvind has special interest in adopting cutting-edge causal inference methods to address complex child development in digital environments. He works to foster research-practice partnerships, developing frameworks to improve research productivity, implementing open-source tools, and building organizational capacity.

At NORC, Arvind contributes to a variety of projects, including the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE), Consumer Education and Parent Choice in Early Care and Education (CEPC), Financing for Early Care and Education Quality and Access for All (F4EQ), and the Growing Up With Guns study. He also analyzes youth labor market outcomes using secondary data like the National Job Corps Study and Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) as well as new surveys such as an AmeriSpeak survey to study vocational training programs at state-level. He has worked with industry coalitions such as AARP, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and academic experts, and is currently co-leading the design of a new national survey to estimate the true cost of older adults’ financial exploitation through fraud, scams, and identity theft. His systems-building work includes redesigning Chicago Public Schools programs, reviewing state-level educator development models, and evaluating knowledge creation in NSF research centers.

Arvind is an active academic research collaborator and has ongoing projects with researchers at Northwestern University, the University of Minnesota, and the University of Chicago. As a NORC expert, he provides technical assistance through capacity-building workshops on research methods, systems-driven evaluation workflows, and research evidence implementation in school districts.

Prior to NORC, Arvind worked in India's education sector analyzing regulatory compliance costs for schools and conducted public finance research using event study methods to analyze stock market data. He originally trained as a control systems and automation engineer in the oil and gas industry before pivoting to public policy research.