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About the Speakers

M.P. Bezbaruah

Madhurjya Prasad Bezbaruah is the Former Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Gauhati University. He is also an Expert, EGROW Foundation. He has also held several positions till date viz Member of ICSSR from 2017-2020, Director in the board of Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, Member of the RBI Committee on Financial Sector Plan for NE Region chaired by Usha Thorat, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Director in the Board of Directors of the Assam Industrial Development Corporation from 2001 to 2005, Member of the Advisory Committee for Preparation of Human Development Report, Assam 2013. He has 6 books, 63 papers in journals, 28 articles in edited volumes.

Ajit Pai

Ajit Pai is Head of Policy, Ola and Chairman, Delhi Urban Art Commission. He was previously Strategy Lead Partner for Government and Public Sector at EY’s Strategy and Transactions group. He was Distinguished Expert, NITI Aayog, where he headed Economics & Finance, oversaw Public Disinvestment and Public Enterprises., was Consultant to the Vice Chairperson, and handled matters related to the World Bank, IFC, IMF, ADB, NDB, OECD, and the G20. He had a career in the private sector including working internationally at firms like McKinsey, Lazard, Thomas Weisel Partners and Stifel Financial, the latter two as Managing Director. He has been awarded over six years a record five #1 Starmine Awards in the Forbes/Financial Times World’s Best Analysts Survey for forecast accuracy. He is on the Advisory Board of the Future Institute, and is registered with the Council of Architecture

Rajeshwari U.R.

Rajeshwari U.R. is working as Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, Christ University . She is a recipient of Nandan Nilekani Fellowship and RBI Scholarship.She is Member In Professional Bodies, Karnataka Economic Association and Board of Studies, BASE, Bangalore. Her research interest lies in the area of Public Finance, Development Economics and econometrics. Rajeshwari U.R contributes valuable insights to the industry. With a robust skill set that includes Report Writing, Excellent Analytical Skills, Policy Analysis, Academic Program Development, IPR and more.She is a Gold Medalist from Karnataka University.

Madan Sabnavis

Mr. Madan Sabnavis is Chief Economist at Bank of Baroda. Mr. Sabnavis is a member of SEBI’s CDAC and RAC committee, IIBEF’s RAC committee and Education committee. Have been Chairman and Co-Chairman of committees of BCCI and IMC. He has been a corporate Economist since 1987 and has worked in the fields of development banking, commercial banking, engineering, and commodity markets and credit ratings. He has multiple interests in human behavior, politics and social systems besides Economics. In personal capacity, has got 2500+ articles published across financial publications since 1988 and is a published author of 4 books- Macro Economics Demystified, Eco-Quirks, Economics of India- how to fool all people for all times, Hits and Misses- Indian Banking Story.

Raman Agarwal

Raman Aggarwal is the Director of Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC). He is currently working as Sr.Vice President, Head – Corporate Affairs with SREI Equipment Finance Ltd. He has more than 27 years of working experience in the NBFC sector. He is a member of Advisory Groups to Ministry of Finance & RBI, Core Group setup by Ministry of Corporate Affairs,and Special Task Force at FICCI. He is the Chairman of National Council on NBFCs & Member, Managing Committee at ASSOCHAM and the Co-Convenor Industry Govt Interface Panels at Indian Construction Equipment Manufacturers’ Association (ICEMA). He is a Member of Academic Advisory Council of New Delhi Institute of Management and Guest Faculty at Institute of Chartered Accountants, India (ICAI) & International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi.

Saakshi Jha

Saakshi Jha is Assistant Professor of Economics, IIM Ranchi. Her teaching interest lies in Macroeconomics, Econometrics, and Public Policy. Her research mainly focuses on Macroeconomics and Monetary policy. Saakshi Jha holds a doctoral degree in economics from the Department of Economic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. She is the recipient of Lt. Prof. Mulk Raj Gold medal in her undergraduate and has been awarded for “Outstanding Ph.D. thesis” in Ph.D.