Ajjit Narayanan is a data scientist at the Urban Institute, where he works on research to advance equity and inclusion in rural and urban communities. He enjoys building open source data and mapping tools for researchers and advises on tools such as interactive mapping, big data platforms, and data visualization methods to relevant public policy issues. Narayanan also coleads Urban’s R Users Group and Mapping Users Group to encourage the use of R and geospatial analysis for statistical analysis, data visualization, and automation.

Narayanan holds a BA in economics and a BA in urban studies, along with minors in math and statistics, from the University of Pennsylvania.