Research Associate

atif_zeya@isb.edu

Atif Zeya holds a master’s degree in Quantitative Economics from Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, prior to this he has completed his Bachelors in Economics from Scottish Church College, Kolkata. Before joining ISB as a Research Associate, he has worked as a Data Scientist in RBL Bank.

Research Assocaite

abhijeet_parmar@isb.edu

Abhijeet is an earth observation expert specializing in geospatial analytics and hazard models. The scope of his work ranges from learning representation, geoscience, computational neuroscience to social sciences. He has over seven years of experience comprising of teaching and research in higher education setup with interdisciplinary outlook. His academic and professional affiliations include Faculty of Geoinformation Sciences and Earth Observation, Netherlands and University of Delhi. He is an active contributor to open source initiative and self-taught ignorant physicist. 

Teaching Assistant cum Analyst

amrita_chakraborty@isb.edu

Before joining the Bharti Institute, Amrita was working as a Sr. Academic Associate (Teaching Assistant) in ISB for the Management and Executive Programmes. Her previous association with IIM Bangalore as an Intern introduced and equipped her to the research areas of Finance and Accounting and have been strengthened with her experience at ISB. Amrita's interests are in the areas of Corporate Governance, Initial Public Offerings, Financial Modelling & Investment research, Financial Analysis and Valuation. She holds an MBA in Finance from School of Management, KIIT University. She likes to play tunes on her Sitar when not working.

Head Communications

deepti_soni@isb.edu

Deepti Soni is Head Communications at the Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP) at the Indian School of Business, Mohali. She has a post graduate in Advertising and Public Relations from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. With over 20 years of professional experience, her earlier assignments include Spokesperson and Head of Communications at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Delegation covering India, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives; Head of Digital Diplomacy and Media and Communications Adviser at the British High Commission in New Delhi. Deepti loves movies, food, travelling and outdoor activities.

Sr. Associate

himani_gupta@isb.edu

Himani is currently working as an Sr. Associate at Bharti Institute of Public Policy. She has two years of experience in lectureship and two years of experience as an IT Executive (Team Leader). She has done her B.Tech in Information & Technology from Kurukshetra University. She loves to face challenges and spend time with her family.

Teaching Assistant cum Analyst

isha_mahajan@isb.edu

Isha Mahajan is currently working as TA cum Analyst at Bharti Institute of Public Policy.

Prior to this, she worked as a Research Associate under Digital Identity Research Initiative of Indian School of Business. Apart from this, she holds 9.5 months teaching experience as assistant professor of economics in a private university and is UGC NET qualified. Her research interest encompasses; Macro Economics, Law and Public Policy. She likes to pen down essays and articles on contemporary issues pertaining to Indian Economy and its policies.

Project Associate

karishma_chanda@isb.edu

Karishma is currently working as a Project Associate at Bharti Institute of Public Policy. She is a CFA level III candidate and has a bachelor's degree in Banking and Finance from the Singapore Institute of Management.

She has worked for more than 2 years as an Account Manager at Zomato Media Pvt Limited and in the Transaction Advisory department at Grant Thornton LLP.

Apart from work, she likes to read, watch sitcoms and travel. She also plays football, tennis and golf.

Research Associate

nidhi_kalani@isb.edu

 

Nidhi Kalani, on the surface, is a graduate of Physical Planning course from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and is associated with Bharti Institute of Public Policy as a Research Associate. Before joining the institute, she has worked as an intern in HUDCO's HSMI, New Delhi and Urban Development and Housing Department, Namchi(Sikkim). During the course of her professional career, she has also written a research paper in association with her other team member in HSMI. She likes writing for professional magazines/ journals and create research-oriented info-graphics. As a professional, she likes to learn about spatial planning and policies affecting it. Other than learning new software and technologies, in her free time, she likes to watch TV-series and Harry Potter movies.

Teaching Assistant cum Analyst

pranav_garimella@isb.edu

Pranav has a Master’s degree in Public Policy from the University of Sydney. His research focus during the Master’s was climate change policy and specifically, climate change induced migration (which he worked on for his thesis). Pranav previously worked with Ernst & Young in their Government advisory and Transaction Advisory services on projects for the Government of Andhra Pradesh and Government of Telangana. He likes to read on ancient and contemporary history and enjoys the works of Homer, and Tolkein among others.

Teaching Assistant cum Analyst

radhika_rao@isb.edu

Radhika is currently working as a Research Associate/Teaching Assistant with Bharti Institute of Public Policy at ISB. She 2 years of work experience as a researcher in the field of innovation economics. She has a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Economics from Agnes Scott College and a Master's in Political Economy from SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies), University of London. She enjoys reading and watching movies in her free time. 

Teaching Assistant cum Analyst

ripunjaya_kumari@isb.edu

Ripunjaya K. Chauhan is currently working as TA cum Analyst at Bharti Institute of Public Policy, ISB.

She has over 4 Years of experience in teaching and research. Her research interests include Development Economics, Governance and Public Policy. She is a post graduate in Economics and UGC NET qualified. To delve deeper into Development studies, she did a short-term course in Development Economics from the London School of Economics & Political Science. She likes learning new data science software and techniques; currently working on Python. Apart from work, she likes reading, painting, baking and gardening.

Analyst

sachin_arya@isb.edu

Sachin Arya is a researcher having worked in a variety of roles in the media, publishing and academia since 2010 (the year he graduated with a Master’s degree in Mass Communication from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh). After learning the basic nuances of journalism at the Indian Express, New Delhi, he has worked with Paranjoy Guha Thakurta; CyberMedia, Gurgaon; Hindustan Times, New Delhi; Jaypee Healthcare, Noida and the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Manager

sangeetha_hariharan@isb.edu

Sangeetha graduated with a Master’s degree in Information Management from University of Maryland, College Park. While pursuing her Masters she also worked as a Graduate Assistant in the Behavioral Lab, at the Robert H. Smith School of Business where she was responsible for end to end management of research studies starting from subject pool allocation to generating reports and capturing things such as participation rates, subject pool utilization, etc. . She started her Career in Clifford Chance LLP, a leading global law firm, where she worked for 4 years at various levels across India, Middle East and Europe in their finance division. Currently she is handling Prof. Ashwini Chhatre’s grants which broadly fall under the umbrella of Forest Governance.

Case/Content Writer

saryu_bansal@isb.edu        

Currently working as a Case/Content Writer with BIPP, Saryu holds a Master's in Mass Communication, and a Bachelor's (Hons.) in Psychology from Panjab University.

She has a cumulative experience of over ten years in content creation and management especially in the realm of Social Media, PR and teaching. 

Generally found lost in her head, music, movies and books, she loves baking, enjoys writing and tries to paint. She is presently putting together a book of poetry. She idolises cats as the most evolved species to walk the earth. 

Sr. Research Analyst

sridhar_kundu@isb.edu

Sridhar Kundu is a PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has over 15 years of work experiences in research and teaching. He is double post-graduate in Economics and Environmental Economics and has qualified UGC NET in Economics.

At Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP), ISB Mohali, he works as a Senior Research Analyst. Before joining BIPP, he worked as a Senior Research Officer at Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability for about six years and as an Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Pune for about 3 years. Along with this, he worked as a researcher in various research institutes such as, Observer Research Foundation, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and taught undergraduate economics in various colleges under Delhi University as a non-permanent faculty.

His core areas of research are fiscal policies, poverty and inequality, and energy economics. He is good at large scale data management, management of unit level survey data in STATA. He likes to teach development economics, econometrics and public finance. He has publications in reputed journals, and edited book volumes.