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

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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

November 4, 2023 | Financial Express

These fraudulent messages have proliferated during the pandemic, where fraudsters induce panic or excitement that impairs the customers’ ability to think clearly.

By Lakshay Narang
September 27, 2023 | Dvara Research

This research presents a framework comprising nine principles, which we believe are pre-requisites for creating user-centric GRMs.

By Anubhutie Singh, Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad
September 20, 2023 | Mint

The microfinance industry has witnessed moves by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to revise the regulatory framework (March 2022) for it and also caution it against an exclusive focus on business growth (November 2022).

By Anand Raman, Dr. Indradeep Ghosh
May 30, 2023 | Dvara Research

This research brief aims to synthesize existing evidence on the performance of PMJJBY and PMSBY since their inception, the reasons for low participation in these schemes, and the barriers to their successful implementation.

May 29, 2023 | Dvara Research

When viewed from a consumer’s perspective, these challenges manifest at different stages of their journey with a health insurance program, beginning from the decision to enrol in a program and ending at the renewal stage. While tweaks to the design of the health insurance program or moving to a more integrated model of healthcare provision may help in this blog post, we explore the role that social capital can play in circumventing some of these challenges.

By Anjali Nambiar, Sowmini G Prasad
May 8, 2023 | Dvara Research

This blog post summarises key takeaways from a virtual workshop we recently hosted. It was conducted against the backdrop of a study that we recently concluded titled “Can information disclosures influence life insurance purchase decisions for low-income households?”.

April 14, 2023 | Dvara Research

An action project to help financial service providers detect debt distress among their borrowers and administer interventions to alleviate distress. Read the full report here.

By Amulya Neelam, Anjali Nambiar, Dwijaraj Bhattacharya
April 14, 2023 | Dvara Research

An action project to help financial service providers detect debt distress among their borrowers and administer interventions to alleviate distress.

By Amulya Neelam, Anjali Nambiar, Dwijaraj Bhattacharya
April 13, 2023 | Dvara Research

In this blog, we propose a framework for evaluating agent success through a customer protection lens; this can potentially be deployed as a tool to determine agent success while also allowing stakeholders to identify context-specific levers to improve outcomes for the customer.

April 12, 2023 | Dvara Research

In a recent study to evaluate the effectiveness of consumer awareness campaigns relating to United Payment Interface(UPI) frauds, Dvara Research interviewed ~85 low-income, new-to-UPI users from metro cities and small towns.

By Shreya R
  • 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