I am an economist and an author based in Chennai, India. I am the Union Bank Chair Professor of Economics and Director (Research and Fellow Programme in Management) at the Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. My research interests include Central Banking and monetary policy, labour market dynamics and gender economics in India, which you can read more about here.

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I regularly write opinion articles and columns for media outlets such as Mint, BQ Prime, The Times of India, The Hindu BusinessLine, and The Print, and have previously written for The Wall Street Journal (Asia).

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Two economic ideas remain central to how I think: “Incentives matter” and “Trade-offs are everywhere.” These ideas also underpin a long-term project of mine documenting thousands of Econselfies submitted by my students over the years.

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I was born in Mumbai, India, and educated in Mumbai, Pune, and Lancaster (UK). I was at Cardiff Business School, UK, before returning to India to work with CRISIL, where I became Director and Principal Economist. I subsequently moved to Chennai, returning to academia.

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I am grateful to be a recipient of two Emergent Ventures grants (with Sowmya Dhanaraj) and deeply admire the work of the Emergent Ventures team led by Tyler Cowen and Shruti Rajagopalan.