Pallavi Awasthi

Pallavi Awasthi recently completed her Ph.D. in Public Affairs from the Florida International University, Miami. She also holds a Masters in Public Administration and a Masters in Personnel Management. In addition, she has about 10 years of research and consulting experience in leadership development and organizational behavior in both the public and private sectors in India.

Prior to her doctoral studies, she was a consultant with UNDP on a government of India leadership development in civil services project'. Pallavi's research intersects public management, leadership development, local government capacity building, and sustainable community development. Her research has featured in the governance journal and the ASPA section on comparative administration. She is also the founding member of the ASPA Section of the South Asian Public Administration.

She was awarded the Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership Doctoral Award, APPAM Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Award, ASPA Young Scholars fellowship Award.