Manu Prathap is working as a Research Associate at NCAER. He completed his Master in Economics from Department of Economics, University of Kerala in October 2022, and completed his Bachelors in Economics from Government Arts College, Trivandrum.

During Bachelor’s Manu has worked as teacher in National Institution of Language Acquisition, Trivandrum. Additionally, he has done summer internships, Inter University Centre for Alternative Economics, Trivandrum. After graduation, Manu joined as Research Intern at Fiscal Policy Institute, Bangalore. Later on, he joined as Research Intern at Division of Central Finance, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai.