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Senior Fellow @orfonline. Maitri Fellow @UNSW. Executive Director @T20 India. Policy nerd. Journalist.

New Delhi, India
Joined March 2016
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I am extremely honoured to be taking over as Director at the @ORF_CNED at @ORF. ORF and CNED lead the conversation on mainstreaming development policies and cooperation for inclusive growth in India. Thanks to @samirsaran for your vision and mission at ORF.
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I’m excited to be having this conversation in Jakarta at #Jakarta Futures Forum along with a stellar panel on decoding the new coalitions and alliances emerging in the international order. @orfonline @CSIS
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RT @orfonline: @anustup_nayak @DrNilanjanG @Namita_Goel The Samagra Shiksha scheme, aligned with #NEP goals, has allocated US$35.5 billion….
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It was an absolute pleasure for me to speak with @Appy2209 for #ETMorningBriefPodcast by @EconomicTimes on the care economy and women's work. "Unseen, Unpaid, Undervalued: The Reality of Women’s Work".
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Podcast Episode · The Morning Brief · 04/07/2025 · 22m
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I was honoured to be a part of Körber Stiftung’s @KoerberIP 188th Bergedorf Round Table in Berlin on "Shaping the Future Together: Germany, Europe and India in a Changing Global Order." This year’s focus on India, Germany, Europe shows new global priorities.
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In this paper for @orfonline I write on how unconditional cash transfers to women are essential to the political economy. These programmes, dismissed as “freebies” have an impact on poverty reduction  and women's empowerment.
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Unconditional cash transfers are reshaping welfare by supporting women’s economic agency, voter turnout, and household well-being in India.
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I write for the @business_today special issue on how women, seen as “shock absorbers” of climate change are responding with innovative solutions across the country.
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In both rural and urban contexts, women are more vulnerable to heat stress and air pollution in low and middle-income countries like India.
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Services like eldercare, childcare and domestic work are being integrated with gig economy and quick commerce platforms in India. What are the implications of care economy getting digitised I explore for @orfonline @ORF_CNED .
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The Future of the Care Economy: Digitalisation and Gig Work
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RT @orfonline: New government guidelines mandate #women’s representation on boards of cooperative societies, aiming to address the persiste….
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Moving Women to the Centre of India's Cooperatives Boom
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RT @HappymonJacob: "Twelve Arguments to make sense of ‘Operation Sindoor’". I write for INDIA'S WORLD
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I write for @IndianExpress on the International Year of Cooperatives, “In India’s cooperative boom, women need to be at the centre, not the margins". Share of women’s cooperatives is just 2.5 percent and more than half are dormant.
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The share of women’s cooperatives in India is just about 2.5 percent and more than half of those are dormant. Can 2025, the International Year of Cooperatives, provide the impetus for transformation?
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RT @ORF_CNED: The 2019 Time-Use Survey showed that cooking, cleaning, and childcare occupied 85% of #women’s time spent on unpaid work. The….
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Great to see new initiative Pink Mobility by @rapidobikeapp, cars and bikes driven by women, for women. For improving women's mobility and participation in non-traditional livelihoods. I was honoured to speak at launch event with @BornaliBhandari Shweta Aparmeya, Kaushik Joshi
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Delighted to have moderated this session at #RaisinaDialogue2025 by @orfonline on cooperation on food security and climate mitigation in Asia and Africa. With Jaideep Mazumdar, @ProfSarahAgbor @ChevaanDaniel, Rob Hewett, Chitkala Kalidas, Sara Roversi.
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At #RaisinaDialogue2025 I had the privilege to moderate ‘Ideas for BRICS Presidencies' on how expanded BRICS can address critical issues in Global South with speakers.Sarah Mosoetsa,Victoria Panova, Xie Chao, Alireza Gholipour, Walter Desidera @orfonline .
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RT @AusIndiaCentre: India's premier geopolitics and geoeconomics conference the Raisina Dialogue was held in Delhi last week. We were deli….
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