Policy

Recent Policy Work

  • How did India's cash shortage affect mobile payments? (TSE Reflect, 2022)
    A short report on the consequences of the Indian banknote demonetization of 2016 on the uptake of mobile payments.

  • Price Regulation of UPI (Indian Express, 2022)
    Opinion Editorial in the Indian Express discussing the key challenges of price regulation for the Unified Payments Interface in India.

  • Charges in Payment Systems (TSE FIT IN Policy Paper, 2022)
    Building on insights from the economics literature, particularly on two-sided markets, and experiences from other jurisdictions, this policy paper sheds light on issues related to pricing of digital payment methods.

Policy Research prior to PhD


  • Regulation of Digital Payment Platforms in India

Internal note prepared for the Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

Data analysis for World Bank report



Report prepared for Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, Government of UK


  • The impact of bilateral investment treaties on FDI inflows into India

Published in Foreign Trade Review, last updated in 2016

  • The Impact of ASEAN integration on regional and global supply chains

Internal report prepared for ICRIER

  • Implementing BharatNet: Strategies for rural broadband deployment

Internal report prepared for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India

  • Opinion Editorials in national newspapers

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