Editor

Editor Macroeconomics and Finance in Emerging Market Economies, Routlegde journal, First issue March 2008, see www.informaworld.com/mfeme).

Areas of Research Interest

Macroeconomics with emphasis on:

• Macrodynamics and Growth
• Institutions and Development
• Microfoundations and General Equilibrium
• The Open Economy and International Finance

Also topics in development, gender, and political economy.

Research agenda

Applying modern open economy macroeconomics and finance to the analysis of the Indian economy and policy; keeping in mind issues of development, and special features of Indian institutions to identify structural changes that can release surplus for growth.

Specific topics of ongoing research

• Foreign inflows, Foreign exchange markets and instruments, monetary policy, interest and exchange rate fluctuations
• Policy rules and monetary and fiscal coordination
• Crises, regulatory reform, international financial architecture
• Understanding pro-growth incentive structures
• The impact of new technology on labour markets and on women's work participation
• Governance and delivery of public services

Policy

Participation in the policy debate, through the media and membership of Government committees and boards.

Conference Organisation

The annual money and finance conference at IGIDR, see http://www.igidr.ac.in/~money/ for details.

This should be enough, but, there is more. Literature, arts, nature and travel are essential to add that extra zest to life and to research.

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