Professor of Economics | Director (Research and Fellow Program in Management)
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai, India
​Director and Principal Economist, CRISIL (up to 2014)
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Hi! I am an economist and a writer. I write in media outlets like mint, BQprime, Times of India, E T , TheHindu businessline, and ThePrint. In the past, I have written for Wall Street Journal Asia. You can find my opinion articles since 2006 here.
My research interests include monetary policy, labour market dynamics, and gender economics among others. You can read more about my research here.
I hope we never forget two key economic ideas: ‘Incentives matter’ and ‘Trade-offs are everywhere’. My long-term project is to document thousands of Econselfies my students have submitted for their assignments over the years!
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I was born in Mumbai, India. My education was in Mumbai, Pune, and Lancaster (UK). I was at Cardiff Business School, UK before returning to Mumbai, first to work with CRISIL and then relocating to Chennai, making a shift back to academics.
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I much admire the work of the Emergent Ventures team led by Tyler Cowen and Shruti Rajagopalan and grateful to have received an EV grant (with Sowmya Dhanaraj).