Hi! I am working as a Consultant at the World Bank, New Delhi, India. My primary
areas of interest include Monetary Economics. Open Economy Macroeconomics and
International Finance. 

I have completed my Ph.D in International Economics from the University of California,
Santa Cruz in 2006. Prior to this I also completed my M.Phil and M.A in Economics from
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Economics

India and the Global Economy (with Rajiv Kumar) (2008)
 

Industrial Economics

Towards A Competitive Manufacturing Sector (with Rajiv Kumar), India and the Global Economy (2008)
 

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Towards a Competitive Manufacturing Sector, ICRIER Working Paper No. 203 (2008)
The Indian manufacturing sector has grown at an impressive average rate of 9.5 per cent...
 

International Finance

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Put that Pile of Money to Work, Livemint (2008)
 

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Cost of Holding Excess Reserves: The Indian Experience, ICRIER Working Paper No. 206 (2008)
Most of the existing literature has used single reserve adequacy measures to evaluate the volume...
 

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Feasibility of an Asian Currency Unit, ICRIER Working Paper No. 208 (2008)
In this paper we evaluate the feasibility of a common Asian Currency Unit (ACU) involving...
 

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Are Restrictions on PNs Justifiable?, Economic Times (2007)
 

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Hike FII Cap on Debt Investment, Economic Times (2007)
 

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Monetary Economics

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Feasibility of an Asian Currency Unit, ICRIER Working Paper No. 208 (2008)
In this paper we evaluate the feasibility of a common Asian Currency Unit (ACU) involving...
 

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Should RBI respond to Fed rate cut?, Economic Times (2007)
 

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Hike FII Cap on Debt Investment, Economic Times (2007)
 

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Give Credit to RBI when it is Due , ICRIER Thin Ink (2007)
 

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Monetary Policy Design under Competing Models of Inflation Persistence (with Solange Gouvea), Banco Central Do Brasil Working Paper No. 137 (2007)
Most of the recent research in monetary policy has focused on the use of a...
 

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Public Finance

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Determinants of Tax Revenue Efforts in Developing Countries, IMF Working Paper No. 184 (2007)
This paper contributes to the existing empirical literature on the principal determinants of tax revenue...