Uswah Firdous is the Survey Lead at CERP. She was previously working as a Graduate Research Fellow at Information Technology University, carrying out interdisciplinary research on urban economics, development, and policy. She has also worked at Schneider Electric and General Electric, and has held several teaching positions over the years. Uswah holds a Master’s in Development Studies from Information Technology University and a Graduate Diploma in Economics from the University of London. She completed her Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology,