வணக்கம் (Welcome!) – I am an economist by profession. I hold a Doctoral Degree in Financial Mathematics (Minor in Computational Science) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Master's in Public Policy from the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan and the University of Regina, Canada; Master of Science in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from University of Glasgow, United Kingdom; and Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering (Honors) from Bharathiar University, India.

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My primary fields of interest include financial economics (corporate finance, derivatives, financial and capital markets, corporate governance, behavioral finance, state-owned enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises); macroeconomics and monetary economics (banking and financial crises, banking reform and restructuring, monetary policy transmission, unconventional monetary policies, shadow banking system, credit unions, yield curve, deposit insurance, financial stability, financial regulation and supervision, structural transformation, economic growth and development, blockchains, stablecoins, central bank digital currencies (retail and wholesale), international remittances and cross border payments, models for electronic payments acceptance, digital assets regulations, tokenization, fiscal policy, fiscal consolidation, sovereign debt sustainability, restructuring and reprofiling, debt transparency, debt sustainability analysis and local currency bond market development); public sector management and governance (GovTech, infrastructure governance and public investment management, digitalization of public financial management processes, public expenditure review, digital governance, digital financial services, political economy, government decentralization, transparency and accountability); human development (service delivery, adaptive social protection, cash and in-kind based transfers, social registries, payment, clearing and settlement systems, labor markets, job creation, financial inclusion, health financing, universal health coverage, health workforce, care economy, medicity, medical value travel, gender, health systems and nutrition responsive budgeting). 

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My secondary fields of interest include innovation economics (financial and technological innovation, technological spillovers and externalities, innovation cluster development strategies, innovation value chain analysis, political economy of innovation, digital social innovation and structured innovation); and urban economics (market forces in the development of competitive cities, infrastructure finance, municipal finance, municipal bonds, land-based financing, results-based financing, transit-oriented development, urban water and urban transport) in low- and middle-income countries. Also, I have experience in the development of strategies, operations, advisory services and analytics (ASA) including training programs, workshops and capacity building.

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Much of my work combines qualitative and mixed methods to help design more effective policies. More specifically, it draws together a combination of discourse analysis (policy documents, reports, Hansards, meeting minutes and newspaper articles), semi-structured interviews, surveys, focus groups, archival research, comparative analysis, historical institutionalism, comparative democratization, process tracing, fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis/Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA/QCA), field experiments and impact evaluation (randomized controlled trials or A/B testing). In the past, I have used secondary data, as well as development of theoretical models.

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When I am not trying to do work or psephology, I do farming, create terrariums and play racket sports. And of course, I like nothing other than following Indian, Singapore and fragile states politics. 

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This personal homepage contains a few bits and pieces of information about my research in the field of economics and public policy. If you can't find what you're looking for or just want to say hello, mail me!

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My LinkedIn profile can be found here. 

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Disclaimer: Personal website, the views expressed here are my own and do not represent those of the World Bank, its Executive Board, or World Bank Management.