National Council of Applied Economic Research
Improving investor education and protection is the key for the financial markets to perform the critical intermediation function and building a better overall investment climate in the country.
The International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) was established, as the financial regulator of the IFSCs. Within a short duration, IFSCA has undertaken a gamut of measures, including laying down a comprehensive regulatory framework for various financial services, with a focussed mandate of how to make GIFT IFSC a thriving financial hub. Becoming an offshore... Read More
A periodic evaluation of the performance of Statutory Regulatory Authorities (SRAs) is necessary to ascertain the quality of their governance arrangements, and the processes and procedures they use in the execution of statutory functions. Primarily, such evaluations allow the regulator to improve institutional capabilities and showcase their efforts in building professional competence and an enabling... Read More
Dr C.S. Mohapatra is an Indian Economic Service (Retd.) officer of the 1986 batch and an expert in financial sector development and reforms, economic administration, planning and policy. Presently, he is the IEPFA Chair Professor at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), where he heads the Investor Education and Protection Fund Unit. The... Read More
Depannita Ghosh is a Research Associate at NCAER within the Investor Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Chair Unit. She completed her M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Economics from University of Calcutta. Proficient in software applications like Python and Stata. Her areas of interest are Advanced Macroeconomics, Development Economics, International Trade, Public Finance, Environmental Economics, Advanced Econometrics and Economics... Read More
Darshna serves as a Research Team Assistant within the Investor’s Education and Protection Fund (IEPF) Chair Unit. She holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Economics with a specialisation in Econometrics from Chandigarh University, as well as a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Delhi University. She is proficient in Stata, R programming, EViews, and SPSS. Her primary... Read More
Manu Prathap is working as a Research Associate at NCAER. He completed his Master in Economics from Department of Economics, University of Kerala in October 2022, and completed his Bachelors in Economics from Government Arts College, Trivandrum. During Bachelor’s Manu has worked as teacher in National Institution of Language Acquisition, Trivandrum. Additionally, he has done... Read More