Media and Policy

Media Articles and Appearance

PSUs: Prudent Investors or Political Pawns? The Economic Times (May 3, 2014).

Drop in Trade deficit: Much ado about something? IBN Live (October 3, 2014).

Is MGNREGA destroying factory jobs? Disquieting data shows it discourages skill development.

(Economic Times, January 3, 2017).

Is MGNREGA destroying factory jobs? Disquieting data shows it discourages skill development.

(Times of India, January 3, 2017).

Banking the unbanked: Is the NDA govt's flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on

the ground?" (Times of India, March 9, 2017).

Is the NDA government's flagship initiative Jan Dhan Yojana bearing fruit on the ground?"

(Economic Times, March 9, 2017).

Banking the unbanked: Measuring the success of JDY. (World Bank Blog, April 10, 2017).

Covid-19 lockdown: It's not the economy vs lives, it's lives vs lives. (Fortune, May 1, 2020)

Moody's Swing Has its own Bias. The Economic Times (June 3, 2020).

Covid-19 & Economy: Life Or Livelihood? { Panel Discussion, CNBC-TV18 (July 11, 2020).

Doing Good by Being Profitable. (Economic Times, September 8, 2020)

Sell-Off those Doddering PSUs. (The Economic Times January 25, 2021)

Effective and Efficient: The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. (Indian Express, April 22, 2022)

Selected Policy Contributions

Member, SEBI Committee on Foreign Portfolio Advisors

Submitted a report on Privatization to the Ministry of Finance (CEA's office)

Submitted a report on Corporate Tax rate cut to the Ministry of Finance (CEA's office)

Contributed to the Indian Economic Surveys (2020, 2021)