Kamal Chawla

Kamal Chawla is a Ph.D. in Educational Statistics and Research Methods student in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. His research program focuses on the development and evaluation of sophisticated quantitative methods to solve important issues in the field of education.

He has two main lines of research: the first is applied and focuses on evaluating methods for improving mathematics learning in classrooms. The second is more methodological and focused on critical evaluation and development of educational research methods through data science and machine learning techniques to produce more robust and unbiased solutions. He believes, combinedly both areas contribute to discovering new concepts, measuring their prevalence, and further assisting in predictions in the field of education.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of Delhi, India, and his master’s degree in Industrial Mathematics and Informatics from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Roorkee, India.

Education

• B.Sc., Mathematics with Honors, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, 2013
• M.Sc., Industrial Mathematics and Informatics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India, 2016

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2020–present
• Area Manager, Quantitative Aptitude Trainer, The Princeton Review, Noida, India, 2016–2020
• Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, 2015
• Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology, 2015
• Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, 2012

Publications

• Chawla, K. (2019). Kar Kuch Aisa. India: Notionpress.