Tanoj Meshram is social/public policy professional with over 23 years of experience in government, academia, non-profits, and anti-caste social movements.

He has recently submitted his Ph.D. dissertation in Social Policy at Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University. In his dissertation, using a qualitative case study of the implementation of RTE Act and SSA in Maharashtra, he is trying to answer why is there a gap between policy, implementation, and outcomes. This research is expected to help the policy makers and policy advocates to work together on policy and institutional reforms to improve the implementation and outcomes of not only education but also other social policies.

His other research interests include education inequality, representation of underprivileged sections in education governance and its impact, implementation theory, social inequality, and impact of caste on socio-economic development, anti-caste movements, Buddhism, and politics.