{"id":497,"date":"2024-12-13T16:34:59","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T16:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:06:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:06:30","slug":"research-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=497","title":{"rendered":"Research &amp; Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-contrast-color has-base-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1 is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-831b2db5 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--1 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=66\">Summary CV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--2 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=83\">Research &amp; Program Evaluation<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--3 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=63\">Publications<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle is-style-text-subtitle--4 wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/girijakaimal.com\/?page_id=480\">Public Lectures &amp; Talks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-29cb0303\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Articles<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-0f0b95e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6ae22c06d0cce&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6ae22c06d0cce\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"464\" 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