Samhith Shankar
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.
Foundation for Economic Development

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 Senior Program 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.

Annie is a Senior Program Associate at FED. Her work currently focuses on trade policy reforms aimed at improving Ease of Doing Business. She was previously with the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP), where her research examined housing prices in India and the impact of policy interventions in the mobile phone manufacturing sector. […]

Niyati is a Program Manager at FED where she collaborates with Central and State Governments to drive deregulation and enhance Ease of Doing Business in India. Prior to joining FED, she worked with Dvara Research as a Researcher, where she focused on issues related to financial inclusion and social protection. She also briefly served as […]

Shubham is a Team Lead at the Foundation for Economic Development (FED), where he works with the central and state governments on strategy and policies that are aimed at achieving robust economic growth. He has previously worked in the Chief Minister Office in Haryana, where he worked on bottleneck resolution in urban and rural development. […]

Sambhavi is Manager, Policy and Communications at FED. She has previously worked with Dalberg Media, Social Alpha, and Samagra, among others where she led strategic communications, impact storytelling, and narrative design for public health, education, climate, and livelihoods. She is a former ZSBP Swachh Bharat Fellow for Tata Trusts and holds a Master’s degree in […]

Ojasvi is an Associate Program Manager at Foundation for Economic Development. She is currently working on trade reforms to make it easier to manufacture in and export from India. Before FED, she worked at Goldman Sachs specialising in Trade Surveillance & Regulatory Compliance.

Yukti is a Senior Project Associate at FED. She holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Delhi and a postgraduate degree in Development from Azim Premji University. In the past, Yukti has worked with a grassroots organisation in Madhya Pradesh, focusing on gender, livelihoods, and community health. More recently, she served as […]