Poonam Gupta is the Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s largest economic policy think tank; a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; and Convener of the Advisory Council to the 16th Finance Commission. She joined NCAER in 2021 after working at senior positions for nearly two...   Read More

Arvind Panagariya is Professor of Economics and the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. From January 2015 to August 2017, he served as the first Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, Government of India in the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He simultaneously...   Read More

Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic...   Read More

Ayesha Ahmed is working at NCAER as a Research Analyst. While her interests are eclectic, she is most interested in working on issues related to macro-economics, international trade, public finance, inflation, and monetary policy. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Miranda House and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of...   Read More

Priyadarshini has a Master’s degree in International Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master’s degree in Economics from BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus). Her current research interests lie in international economics and finance, international trade, and political economy. She has previously worked as an intern, an analyst, and as Assistant Vice President at...   Read More

Akansha Atal is working as a Research Associate. While her interests are diverse, she is most interested in working on primary and secondary research. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi and a Master’s Degree in Economics from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Jayanta Talukder is an Associate Fellow in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre at NCAER. He has recently completed his Ph.D. from University at Albany, Suny, New York. He has Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Jadavpur University and the University of Calcutta, respectively. He has also worked at various research and teaching institutions,...   Read More

Arjita Chandna is an Associate Fellow at NCAER.  She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). She did her M.Phil. from JNU, Master’s in Economics from B.R. Ambedkar University, and Bachelor’s in Economics (Hons.) from Delhi University. She has also taught at various institutions such as JNU, Azim Premji University, and...   Read More

Navya Srivastava is working as a  Research Associate. She has a Master’s degree in International Economics with Development Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland. Prior to joining NCAER, she worked as an Intern at the World Trade Organisation, Switzerland and Ernst & Young, India.

Shubhashree Jha is a Research Associate in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre at NCAER. She has a PG Diploma in Economics from Ashoka University. She also received her Bachelors’ degree in Economics and Finance from Ashoka University. She has earlier worked as a Visiting Research Scholar at the National Bank of Slovakia; as a Teaching...   Read More

Sneha Jyoti Kundu is working as a Research Associate in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre. She has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. And, she did her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Calcutta.

Rochelle Prakash is a Research Associate at the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Madras Christian College and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi. Ms. Prakash has assisted the Government of Tamil Nadu on the VADA CHENNAI VALARCCHI THITTAM Socio-Economic-Psychological Wellness Survey Project. She has published...   Read More

Poonam Gupta is the Director General of National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), India’s largest economic policy think tank; a member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister; and Convener of the Advisory Council to the 16th Finance Commission. She joined NCAER in 2021 after working at senior positions for nearly two...   Read More

Ayesha Ahmed is working at NCAER as a Research Analyst. While her interests are eclectic, she is most interested in working on issues related to macro-economics, international trade, public finance, inflation, and monetary policy. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Miranda House and a Master’s Degree in Economics from the Delhi School of...   Read More

Ratna Sahay is an Honorary Professor at NCAER. She was a Special Advisor to the Managing Director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) until recently. She led the IMF’s first gender mainstreaming strategy in 2022 which was endorsed by 190 member countries and was responsible for mainstreaming gender in the Fund's core activities-surveillance, programmes, and...   Read More

Sneha Jyoti Kundu is working as a Research Associate in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre. She has a Master’s degree in Economics from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom. And, she did her Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Calcutta.

Shekhar Aiyar is a Visiting Professor at NCAER, a Visiting Scholar at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, and a Non-Resident Fellow at Bruegel. Until August 2023, he held a number of senior positions in the International Monetary Fund, most recently as Division Chief in the Research Department, where he helped...   Read More

Arjita Chandna is an Associate Fellow at NCAER.  She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). She did her M.Phil. from JNU, Master’s in Economics from B.R. Ambedkar University, and Bachelor’s in Economics (Hons.) from Delhi University. She has also taught at various institutions such as JNU, Azim Premji University, and...   Read More

Priyadarshini has a Master’s degree in International Economics from the University of Nottingham, UK, and a Master’s degree in Economics from BITS Pilani (Hyderabad Campus). Her current research interests lie in international economics and finance, international trade, and political economy. She has previously worked as an intern, an analyst, and as Assistant Vice President at...   Read More

Swapnanil Sengupta as a Research Associate in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre. Mr. Sengupta has double Master’s degree in Economics and Financial Economics from the Universities of Tübingen, Germany and Manchester, UK, respectively. He did his Bachelors’ degree in Economics from the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. He has worked as a Research Intern...   Read More

Arvind Panagariya is Professor of Economics and the Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. From January 2015 to August 2017, he served as the first Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, Government of India in the rank of a Cabinet Minister. He simultaneously...   Read More

Mahima Vasishth is a PhD candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Irvine. She will join as a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Laboratory for Effective Anti-poverty Policies, Bocconi University, in September 2023. Her research interests lie in the fields of Labour, Development, and Public Economics. She specialises in understanding the factors...   Read More

Barry Eichengreen is George C. Pardee and Helen N. Pardee Chair and Distinguished Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 1987. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (Cambridge, Massachusetts) and Research Fellow of the Centre for Economic...   Read More

Shubhashree Jha is a Research Associate in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre at NCAER. She has a PG Diploma in Economics from Ashoka University. She also received her Bachelors’ degree in Economics and Finance from Ashoka University. She has earlier worked as a Visiting Research Scholar at the National Bank of Slovakia; as a Teaching...   Read More

Jayanta Talukder is an Associate Fellow in the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre at NCAER. He has recently completed his Ph.D. from University at Albany, Suny, New York. He has Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees in Economics from Jadavpur University and the University of Calcutta, respectively. He has also worked at various research and teaching institutions,...   Read More

Rochelle Prakash is a Research Associate at the National Growth and Macroeconomic Centre. She holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Madras Christian College and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi. Ms. Prakash has assisted the Government of Tamil Nadu on the VADA CHENNAI VALARCCHI THITTAM Socio-Economic-Psychological Wellness Survey Project. She has published...   Read More

Akansha Atal is working as a Research Associate. While her interests are diverse, she is most interested in working on primary and secondary research. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women, University of Delhi and a Master’s Degree in Economics from School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Navya Srivastava is working as a  Research Associate. She has a Master’s degree in International Economics with Development Economics from the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland. Prior to joining NCAER, she worked as an Intern at the World Trade Organisation, Switzerland and Ernst & Young, India.

Aakash Dev is an Associate Fellow in the Center on Gender and the Macroeconomy (CGM) at NCAER. He is about to complete his Ph.D. in Economics (Ph.D. defense expected later this year) from the Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence. His doctoral research is in the area of Labour Macroeconomics. He did his Master’s in Economics...   Read More

Janani Rangan is an Associate fellow at the National Growth and Macroeconomic centre, NCAER. Her PhD in Economics is from the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. Janani’s research interests primarily lie in Macroeconomics and International economics. Her doctoral thesis examines the impact of macroeconomic shocks on inflation expectations and liquidity of firms. Additionally, she has...   Read More