Foundation for Economic Development

Yashika Singhal

Yashika is a Senior Program Associate at FED, passionate about policy and governance. She graduated from IIT Bombay as an Aerospace Engineer, with a knack for social impact. Previously, she was with GDi Partners, closely working with the AP government on schemes and services delivery. She was recently a part of Meesho, an e-commerce startup, […]

Muskan Aggarwal

Muskan Aggarwal is a Senior Program Associate at the Foundation for Economic Development (FED). Prior to joining FED, she worked as a Research Analyst at the Global Poverty Research Lab contributing to research projects led by Dean Karlan across the Philippines and South Africa. She holds a Bachelor’s in Economics from Gargi College, Delhi University […]

Divyesh Patil

Divyesh is a Senior Program Associate at FED, where he researches on reform areas that can accelerate India’s economic growth and liases with government and industry stakeholders to build consensus on those reforms. Prior to joining FED, he worked in a public sector consulting practise of a boutique consulting firm. He holds an undergraduate degree […]

Namita Aggarwal

Namita Aggarwal is a Senior Project Lead at FED, where she leads state government engagements on ease of doing business reforms and sector-specific investment readiness strategies to drive job creation in labour-intensive manufacturing sectors. She brings almost 8 years of experience in the development sector. Prior to FED, Namita led the Public Finance Management Programme […]

Sakshi Bahmani

Sakshi is the HR Manager at FED, where she leads human resource strategy and operations. She has over five years of experience as an HR Business Partner, with a background in talent management, organizational development, and people strategy. Previously, she worked with Right Management India and the Trident Group, contributing to diverse aspects of HR […]

Gaurav Sirohi

Gaurav is a Consultant at FED where he works with the Government of Uttar Pradesh on Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) reforms, focusing on streamlining regulatory processes and strengthening the business environment across the state. Previously, he worked with the Central Square Foundation (CSF) in Haryana, supporting Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) reforms in collaboration […]

Kumud Choudhary

Kumud is a Consultant at FED where she works on Ease of Doing Business reforms. Prior to FED, she worked as a management consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, supporting clients across sectors on strategy, implementation, and program management. She has previously worked as a network consulting engineer at Cisco, and has also spent time […]

Shreyas Shivam

Shreyas is a Consultant at FED. He holds a B.Sc. in Business Management from Cardiff University. Shreyas previously worked at Bain & Company in their Tech, Media and Entertainment practice, guiding global clients on market-entry and transformation initiatives. He has also held roles at Grant Thornton and Foodstrong, a D2C nutrition startup, driving strategic business […]

Sudhanshu Neema

Sudhanshu is a Consultant at FED. With over nine years of experience in legal research, public policy, political risk analysis, policy advocacy, and knowledge management, Sudhanshu is a value-driven strategic leader who is passionate about creating positive social change. He holds a master’s degree in International Economic Relations from the School of International Service at […]

Mohd. Farhan

Farhan is a Team Lead at FED where he leads regulatory simplification initiatives with governments, advancing ease of doing business through actionable reforms. He has over ten years of experience driving governance and policy reform. Before FED, he led strategic initiatives at ILSS and managed national skilling programs at NSDC. He is an alumnus of […]