Standoffs and Border Security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC)
Sonam Chosdon The two giant powers of Asia, India and China, have a long standing contentious relations. Both countries are attempting to balance the status quo through negotiation
Dr Radhika Pandey
Visiting Senior Fellow
Radhika Pandey is an associate professor at the National Institute for Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). She was part of the research team for the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission, the key legislative commission responsible for reviewing and re-writing the financial legal framework for the country. She was co-coordinator for the Ministry of Finance Task-Force on Public Debt Management, and was also part of the research team for the Working Group on Foreign Investments. Currently, Dr. Pandey is part of the technical research secretariat for the Department of Economic Affairs-NIPFP research program. In addition to teaching at the National Law University in Jodhpur, Dr. Pandey has written several articles and working papers on subjects such as consumption in Indian households, the evaluation of India’s inflation targeting framework, and the evolution of capital controls on foreign institutional investment in India. She has published papers in business cycle measurement in India to track India’s growth in real time. Dr. Pandey writes a weekly column for ThePrint and has written articles for Business Standard, Bloomberg Quint and Ideas for India. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Research Areas
Economy and Infrastructure, Public Finances and Macroeconomics
Centres
Are Youth Voices Missing in India’s Policy Landscape?
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Inclusive MSME Growth: The Role of the National SC-ST Hub (2016)
Launched by the Prime Minister in October 2016, the National SC-ST Hub (NSSH) was established to foster an ecosystem that supports SC/ST entrepreneurs in fulfilling the mandates of
The Need for Proactivity in Policy-Making
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The Great Welfare Retreat: How Budget 2026–27 Quietly Dismantled India’s Social Sector
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DBT-Wellcome Trust Partnership/India Alliance
DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance, known as India Alliance, is a key public charity advancing biomedical research in India through fellowships and capacity building. This policy up
Global Innovations in Primary and Secondary Education: Implications for the Future
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Trump’s Grand Claims, Grounded in Falsehoods
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The Paradox of AI: Enhancing, Not Replacing, Natural Intelligence
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