Kunal works as a Senior Program Associate at FED. He previously worked with the Punjab Development Commission (PDC), collaborating with senior bureaucrats on initiatives across industry, tourism, and public finance, including reforms to Punjab’s property tax system. He holds a master’s degree in Development from Azim Premji University, with a focus on policy and governance.

Faisal Khan is a public policy and economic development professional with a background in management consulting. Currently at FED, he leads the tax and trade projects. Before moving into the development sector, he spent 8 years in management consulting with PwC and KPMG, advising private and public sector clients on growth strategy, market entry, innovation, […]

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 Program 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 Program 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 Senior 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.

Ahona is a Program 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 Program 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 Associate Program Manager at FED. She is currently supporting the UP government in deregulation and EoDB reforms. She holds a BA LLB degree from GNLU.