Meevel Deena Jerry is a Research Associate at NCAER. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Bristol and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Madras Christian College. Her research interests lie in development and environmental economics, and macroeconomic analysis, particularly focusing on inflation expectations, sentiment measurement, and economic uncertainty. She also studies the use of machine learning and natural language processing to develop text-based indicators for economic policy analysis
Muskan Kumari is a Research Team Assistant within the Centre for Gender and Macroeconomics at NCAER, providing administrative and technical support to the Centre’s research team, and assisting it in meeting strategic project goals. She has seven years of professional experience in managing various research-related operations, including complex report formatting, data management, and project coordination.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English (Honours) from the University of Delhi and has a National Trade Certificate as a Stenographer and Secretarial Assistant from the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI).
Viha Dwivedi is a Research Associate at NCAER. Her research focuses on health policy, gender, and development economics, with particular interest in impact evaluation and causal inference. She has previously worked at NCAER, contributing to national-level policy assessments and socio-economic analysis.
Viha is an MSc Economics and Policy graduate (Distinction) from King’s College London, and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Mathematics from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.
Suresh Goyal is the Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) effective 5 January 2026.
Mr Goyal has over 30 years of experience across the private and public sectors. He joins NCAER after his assignment as the Managing Director and CEO of the National Highway Infra Trust (NHIT), which was set up by the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and the National Highways Authority of India to support the National Monetisation Pipeline. Starting as the first employee in 2020, Mr Suresh Goyal built NHIT into one of the largest road platforms, with an enterprise value of ~INR 48,000 crore, thereby contributing significantly to the government’s monetisation agenda. He successfully managed multiple stakeholders, including a 10-member board comprising government, institutions, and independent directors, steering NHIT to deliver consistent performance. Before moving to the government role, Mr Goyal had spent his career in the private sector, with his last stint at Macquarie Infrastructure & Real Assets as Senior Managing Director and Head of India and South-East Asia, based in Singapore.
Mr Goyal is an Electrical Engineer and has an MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
