Karthick Morchan

Senior Analyst

Karthick Morchan is a Manager in the Data and Innovations domain of MSC. He is a data analytics enthusiast striving to drive evidence-based decision making in the development sector. He has over eight years of experience in monitoring and evaluation, advanced analytics, impact evaluation, and program management.

Prior to joining MSC, Karthick was a Monitoring and Evaluation Manager at CARE India Solutions for Sustainable Development. His focus was to understand the impacts of the ongoing health projects/interventions which are being implemented to build capacities within the state functionaries of Bihar, India. He led a lot of research projects, evaluations in the areas of maternal and child health, nutrition and kala-azar. He has co-authored and published many scientific publications in international peer-reviewed journals and enriched the global knowledge on public health in low-income settings. He is adept in data analytics and visualizations tools like R, SAS, SPSS, QGIS, and Tableau. Karthick also conceptualized and led large scale research programs in the areas of financial inclusion, digital financial services and enterprise development. He has worked with research teams in India, Indonesia, China, Angola, and Kenya.

Posts by Karthick Morchan

Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertilizer: Fourth round of concurrent evaluation—A nationally representative study

NITI Aayog engaged MSC in a nationally representative study on DBT in fertilizer. This report provides details of the on-the-ground realities of DBT-F implementation and makes actionable recommendations to improve the DBT-F system further.

Where are the women in the digital credit bandwagon? Lessons from Kenya

This blog sheds light on how women are placed in the digital credit bandwagon in Kenya . Along with highlighting three key insights, the blog also establishes the business case for focusing on women as an important customer segment.

Making digital credit truly responsible- Insights from analysis of digital credit in Kenya

Based on MSC’s comprehensive study of the state of the digital credit landscape in Kenya (2019), this report highlights some positive signs and some persistent problems, as well as opportunities to improve products and consumer protection.

Optimizing agent network distribution

Agent optimization is a universal challenge. MSC’s geospatial mapping in two blocks of India sheds light on how agents can be placed optimally.

Optimizing agent network distribution

The study showcases the effectiveness of using geospatial analysis and smart data collection techniques. This would help analyze and provide recommendations to improve access to financial services.

Report on findings from the impact evaluation of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH)

MSC did an impact evaluation of the PKH conditional cash transfer program, one of the largest social assistance programs in Indonesia and managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Operations assessment and impact evaluation of Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH)

MSC did an impact evaluation of the PKH conditional cash transfer program, one of the largest social assistance programs in Indonesia and managed by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

BPNT Operations Assessment 2019

Bantuan Pangan Non-Tunai (BPNT) is one of the largest digitized social assistance payment (government-to-people or G2P) programs in Indonesia.