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Michael Debabrata Patra
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
TK Arun
Arun is a seasoned writer on economic and policy matters.
Abheek Barua
Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay Chauhan
Vijay, trade expert & ex-IRS officer, works with Deloitte India and Ashoka University’s ICPP.
Dhananjay Sinha
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Kirti Tarang Pande
Kriti is a psychologist specialising in mental health, org behaviour, and brand strategy
Srinath Sridharan
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Sharmila Chavaly
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Nilanjan Banik
Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
Sachin Malhotra
Sachin was till recently an MD with Standard Chartered Bank.
Rajesh Mahapatra
Rajesh Mahapatra is the former Editor of The Press Trust of India
Krishnadevan V
Krishnadevan is Consulting Editor at BasisPoint Insight.
Dev Chandrasekhar
Chandra advises companies on big-picture narratives on strategy and markets.
Kalyan Ram
Kalyan Ram co-founded Cogencis. He now leads BasisPoint Insight.
R. Gurumurthy
Gurumurthy is an ex-central banker who handled markets, and later, financial stability for RBI.
The Bureau
Provisioning for Appearances: RBI’s Half-Hearted Tryst with ECL
Has the RBI truly embraced global best practices, or just adopted them for appearances? India’s half-hearted ECL rollout exposes a deeper discomfort with accountability.
R. Gurumurthy
When the State Walks into the Boardroom
Srinath Sridharan
Why the State May Have Chosen to Nudge the Tatas
Sohini Ghosh
Optical Illusion in Public Capex
The public investment surge this year appears impressive, but much of its strength comes from accounting adjustments and base effects rather than new capital creation
Madhavi Arora
Interview
ORF Chairman Joshi on How to Win in a Predatory, Bipolar World
Smaller nations must build alliances, contain the predator, and rewrite the rules of engagement, says Sunjoy Joshi.
Kirti Tarang Pande
Death Syrup: Why Licences Cannot Be Wished Away in All Sectors
The government should mandate traceability of every ingredient used in the pharma industry by deploying tokenisation facilities of the blockchain.
TK Arun
Fifteen Years After Pittsburgh, the Global Economy Is Still Out of Balance
Advanced economies evade discipline, BRICS build alternatives, and the IMF remains trapped between surveillance and sovereignty
Arvind Mayaram
Grieving for Glaciers: Warnings Written in Ice, Water, and Memory
Ancient ice is retreating fast. As rivers shrink and seas rise, glaciers warn of a climate reckoning we can no longer ignore.
Michael Debabrata Patra
RBI Anchors Inflation as Growth Levers Shift Beyond Rates
Shubhada Rao, Vivek Kumar, and Yuvika Singhal
Regulated Pre-IPO Markets Can Generate Billions in Missing Tax Revenue
India's unregulated pre-IPO grey market causes massive tax leakage. SEBI's proposed regulated platform could unlock billions in government revenue.
Chandrika Soyantar
Ceasefire Dreams, Strategic Reality: Peace In Gaza Is Still A Pipedream
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Tragicomix
Nobel Committee’s Trump Problem
From peace talks to bleach cures, Trump’s legacy baffles the Nobel Committee: too vast for one medal, inspiring a new prize for sheer unintended innovation.
R. Gurumurthy
The Battle of Two MYs: Decoding Bihar's Electoral Arithmetic
The fate of all the political combinations in the Bihar elections depends on which side the Mahila-Youth and Muslim-Yadav combines swing
Amitabh Tiwari
Briefing
Fed Vs RBI: How They Differ in Monetary Policy, Rates, Inflation Targeting
Inside the Fed and RBI: Why Two Central Banks See Inflation and Growth Differently
Babuji K
Jaguar’s Cyber Crisis: A £2 Billion Warning for Indian Boardrooms
Srinath Sridharan
Mastering the Regional Disparities Key to Bihar Elections
Bihar heads into elections with stark regional divides shaping the contest. Each of its nine zones has distinct demographics, challenges, and political leanings Decoding these disparities is key to understanding past results and the road ahead.
Amitabh Tiwari
Saudi Insecurity, Pakistan’s Rebound: Reviewing Persian Gulf Security
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Smartphones to Pharma, India’s Key Exports to US Take a Hit
Ajay Srivastava
Unemployment Tracker
India’s Easing Joblessness Masks a Deeper Gender Divide in Employment
Unemployment eased in August, but the gains bypassed women and the young. Beneath the PLFS headline figures lies a troubling labour market fault line.
Akshi Chawla
A New Middle Eastern Canvas for All Indian Diplomacy
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Trump’s Queen of Hearts Tariffs
Trump’s tariffs may sting, but India channels Ali’s art—floating lightly and stinging sharply when the timing is right.
Michael Debabrata Patra
Videos
Next Gen Bank Reforms Should be Asset Growth-Centric
K. Srinivasa Rao
One Voice, Many Questions, And a Test for Leadership
Srinath Sridharan
Bihar 2025
Travel Diaries: Of North-South and Other Divides
Traditional fear factors continue to influence core voter decisions, maintaining rigid voting patterns that have characterised Bihar politics for decades.
Amitabh Tiwari
India’s Outbound Investment Surge Signals Confidence, Not Flight
Sharmila Kantha
Atmanirbhar Bharat: Between Slogan and Substance
Duvvuri Subbarao
India’s Bank Mergers: The Folly of Mistaking Size for Strength
Consolidation of India’s public banks offers scale without substance. Without governance reform and adjustments to their business models, they risk global irrelevance despite their domestic strength.
R. Gurumurthy
Basis Geopolitics
Trump's Peacemaker Hype
Brahma Chellaney
Israel’s Doha Strike: Hard Power, Safe Havens, And the Future of Warfare
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Court Unquote
Attack on CJI, Anil Ambani’s Rcom, Green Crackers for Diwali, and More
BasisPoint Insight
Central Banking
The Fed's Wrong Move
Michael R. Strain
Powell Frames Fed’s Cut as Risk Insurance, Not a Pivot
Madhavi Arora
Guarding the Self in the Age of Deepfakes and Digital Deception
As generative AI blurs the line between real and fabricated, India’s celebrities turn to courts to protect their voices, faces and digital dignity.
Shruti Mahajan
