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2025 in Review

Shruti and Ideas of India producer Dallas Floer sit down for the 2025 end-of-year episode. They look back at key themes and top episodes from the past year, address listener questions, and look forward to what's in store for Shruti and the show in 2026. Recorded December 16th, 20 ...  Afficher plus

Ammu Lavanya on How Foreign Capital Changed Indian Bank Lending

Our seventh and final scholar in the series is Ammu Lavanya, a PhD candidate in Economics at George Washington University. Her research is in the areas of International Finance, Monetary Economics, Empirical Banking and Financial History. We spoke about her job market paper title ...  Afficher plus

Nayantara Biswas on Demand- and Supply-Side Interventions in India's Maternal Health Policy

Our sixth scholar in the series is Nayantara Biswas is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Clark University. Her ...

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Karthik Narayan on Measuring the Effects of Unscheduled vs. Scheduled Monetary Policy Announcements

Our fifth scholar in the series is Karthik Narayan, who is a doctoral candidate in Economics at Nuffield College and at the Department of Economics, University of Oxford. His research focuses on monetary policy, macroeconomics and finance in developing countries. We spoke about h ...  Afficher plus

Asad Tariq on Electoral Redistricting and Public Goods Provision in India

Our fourth scholar in the series is Asad Tariq, who is a doctoral candidate in Economics at the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. His research focuses on the political economy of development, with a particular interest in religion, politics and public service delivery in ...  Afficher plus