Prof. Nishith Prakash Wins Three Prestigious Appointments

Prof. Nishith Prakash has been nominated to three distinguished academic organizations, reflecting his growing leadership across economics, science, and interdisciplinary scholarship. 
 
Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD) 
Prof. Prakash has been inducted as a Fellow of the Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD), one of the most prestigious and selective professional associations in economics. BREAD’s membership is by invitation only and includes a small network of leading development economists from the world’s top universities such as Harvard, MIT, Yale, Princeton, Berkeley, and Northwestern. The organization is renowned for shaping the research frontier in development economics and for co-hosting conferences with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), and the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Induction as a Fellow is widely regarded as a mark of significant scholarly contributions and places Prof. Prakash among a distinguished global community advancing rigorous research on poverty, inequality, and economic development. 
 
Editorial Board, Nature Scientific Reports 
He has also been appointed to the Editorial Board of Nature Scientific Reports, the world’s largest open-access scientific journal. As part of the Nature Portfolio, the journal receives submissions from across the globe and publishes thousands of peer-reviewed articles annually, making it one of the most widely read scientific outlets. In this role, Prof. Prakash will guide the peer-review process and help uphold the journal’s standards of scientific rigor, ensuring that quality research remains broadly accessible. 
 
Editorial Board, Nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 
Finally, Prof. Prakash joins the Editorial Board of Nature Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, a fully open-access journal dedicated to high-quality scholarship across the humanities, social sciences, and interdisciplinary fields. Also part of the Nature Portfolio, this journal has quickly become an influential platform for interdisciplinary dialogue, bridging traditional academic boundaries and amplifying diverse perspectives. 
 
Together, these appointments strengthen Prof. Prakash’s ability to contribute to global conversations at the intersection of development economics, science, and policy. They also underscore the Policy School’s commitment to rigorous scholarship and interdisciplinary engagement.