Lakshita Mehrotra is a strategy consultant with over 9 years of experience driving growth across sectors. At the Foundation for Economic Development (FED), she leads projects focused on sectoral improvement and growth as well as improving India’s Ease of Doing Business. Prior to FED, Lakshita worked in the strategy teams with PwC and Myntra, leading […]

Ajit is Associate Programme Manager at FED and based out of New Delhi. He has previously worked with state governments of Odisha and Jharkhand to implement randomized evaluations as part of J-PAL South Asia’s field research team. Ajit holds a masters in Econometrics & Mathematical Economics from LSE and a bachelors in Aerospace Engineering from […]

Himanshu is an Associate Programme Manager at FED. He works with government stakeholders on ease of doing business reforms to drive industrial growth and improve living standards. Before FED, he worked with BCG and EIU on projects in e-governance, agri-tech, trade policy, and macroeconomic research. Himanshu is an alumnus of the Tata Institute of Social […]

Vrinda is a Program Associate at FED. She holds a Bachelors in Economics from Ashoka University and previously worked at DE Shaw where she supported financial research for their venture capital arm. Vrinda has a keen interest in questions of development and economic policy.

Avanti Nayal is a Programme Associate at FED and is based out of New Delhi. She graduated with a degree in Economics from Krea University. Prior to working at FED, she led several educational /tutoring initiatives in her college & interned with public policy projects across Delhi, Patna etc. In her free time, she likes […]

Ahona is a Programme Associate at the Foundation for Economic Development. She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Economics, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research in Psychology from Ashoka University. During this time, she interned with Centre for Social and Behavioural Change and the Central Square Foundation on […]

Samhith is a Program Associate at the FED, based in New Delhi. He graduated from Ashoka University with an Economics Major and Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Studies and Research.

Sayani is a Programme Manager at FED. She is based out of Odisha and works closely with the Government of Odisha and other state governments to support governance reforms and promote ease of doing business initiatives. She has previously worked with Janaagraha, PHDMA, and IPAC. She holds a postgraduate degree from the Tata Institute of […]

Aanchal is a Senior Programme Associate at FED. She is currently supporting the UP government in deregulation and EoDB reforms. She holds a BA LLB degree from GNLU.

Gayathri is a Program Associate at FED. She holds a BA in Economics from Stella Maris College, Chennai and an MSc Economics from the SOAS, University of London where she received the Felix Scholarship. She has previously worked in research and communications roles and enjoys reading and blogging in her free time.