Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha is an economist and writer. He is the CEO and Senior Fellow at Artha India Research Advisors, a public policy consulting firm. He has earlier held leadership positions in organizations such as Business World, Mint and IDFC Institute. Niranjan has closely tracked the Indian economy for the past three decades — as a journalist, commentator, researcher and speaker.  He also serves on the boards of education and research institutions such as the Meghnad Desai Academy of Economics, the Indian School of Public Policy and the Center for Civil Society.