[4] She has received fellowships from the Institute for Economic Growth, the Commonwealth Scholarship Scheme, King's College London, and from Princeton University (for a project with Nobel laureate Sir Angus Deaton).
Khera is an advocate for improved welfare programs in the country and participated in the campaign to implement India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA).
She has published several research papers analyzing NREGA, the Public Distribution System (PDS) and other programs that affect India's most vulnerable citizens.
In her January New York Times editorial, Khera argues:Aadhaar was supposed to showcase the government’s forward thinking about efficient administration; it has only exposed the state’s coerciveness.
One of the Indian government’s biggest banner projects has become a glaring example of all that can go wrong with policy making in this country.As part of an April 2018 story in the New York Times, Khera highlights how India's poorest classes are among those Aadhaar has harmed the most.
In November 2017, Khera filed a "Right to Information" (RTI) request[34] with the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to solicit public data on how much the agency spent to advertise and promote Aadhaar, since the program started in 2009.