Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Policy initiatives

Center For Customer Protection

This program focuses on solutions that speak to the changing landscape of issues pertaining to financial customer protection in India. It studies how institutional practices in customer protection can build trust and confidence to increase uptake and usage of formal financial products and services among low-income, rural, and women consumers.

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Aishwarya Narayan

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE

Early Writings

Our Work

October 16, 2024 | Moneycontrol

Medium-to-low digital proficiency users experience anxiety when they have to use in-app mechanisms to deal with problems. It has got to do with designs that do not account for user proficiency and expectations. A few changes could uplift the experience for all users

October 16, 2024 | Dvara Research

This blog presents a self-assessment checklist targeted at UI/UX designers and AA product managers, enabling them to surface gaps in the design of their consent artefacts especially in relation to the vulnerable customer.

October 4, 2024 | Dvara Research

This is the second in a series of blogs which describe our efforts towards building an effective in-app GRM for India’s consumers

September 20, 2024 | Dvara Research

This is the first in a series of blogs which describe our efforts towards building an effective in-app GRM for India’s UPI users

September 18, 2024 | Mint

The new proposals can significantly increase the number of RIAs by relaxing the requirement of having a Master's degree and prior work experience and by lowering net-worth requirements.

By Deepti George, Ravi Saraogi
September 9, 2024 | Dvara Research

In response to concerns of fraud perpetrated through the Aadhaar enabled Payments System (AePS), the RBI has issued (draft) directions to all banks and to the NPCI for onboarding and ongoing due diligence of AePS touchpoint operators.

By Deepti George, Aishwarya Iyer
September 3, 2024 | The Hindu Business Line

The framework should provide adequate compensation to victims, while investigative action continues in tandem

By Deepti George, Anubhutie Singh
September 2, 2024

The objective of this policy brief is to summarise learnings from fieldwork conducted in Rajasthan and Gujarat towards (i) building evidence on the customer protection issues in the sale and servicing of the two insurance schemes and (ii) bringing to the forefront the structural issues on the supply-side that are holding back Financial Service Providers (FSPs) from offering high-quality service in the context of these two schemes.

September 2, 2024 | Dvara Research

The objective of this deck is to summarise learnings from fieldwork conducted in Rajasthan and Gujarat towards (i) building evidence on the customer protection issues in the sale and servicing of the two insurance schemes and (ii) bringing to the forefront the structural issues on the supply-side that are holding back Financial Service Providers (FSPs) from offering high-quality service in the context of these two schemes

August 16, 2024 | The Hindu Business Line

Stakeholders should gather a common set of data points for each complaint, distinct from their data objectives

By Deepti George, Anubhutie Singh
  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India
  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India
  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India

  • Detecting Over-Indebtedness while Monitoring Credit Markets in India