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Policy Initiatives

The Future Of Finance Initiative

The Future of Finance Initiative seeks to identify and address new challenges for policy and regulation in India given the waves of digital innovation currently sweeping financial services. Our work in this initiative studies the impacts of digitisation and technological innovation in Indian finance, leading from the consumer perspective on these issues. 

Beni Chugh Dvara

Beni Chugh

Head - Future of Finance

Manvi Khanna

Research Associate

Sarada Mahesh

Senior Research Associate

Our Work

August 7, 2023 | Dvara Research

This study presents the design of an Outcome Based Survey crafted to evaluate the effect that UPI-fraud-awareness campaigns have in reducing individuals’ propensity to engage with fraudulent communication.

By Beni Chugh, Lakshay Narang
July 28, 2023 | Dvara Research

MFIN India and Dvara Research partner to gather insights on users’ experience of navigating the MFIN-Customer Grievance Redress Mechanism (MFIN-CGRM). The study deploys mixed methods — a primary survey of over 300 users, stakeholder interviews and desk research to understand the user-centricity of the MFIN-CGRM.

By Anubhutie Singh, Beni Chugh
May 15, 2023 | Dvara Research

This post presents design elements that providers can use to make the consent artefacts more effective for constrained users. These design recommendations emerge from the insights from an immersive behavioural field study we conducted with 60 constrained customers through a gamified simulation of an AA transaction.

By Srikara Prasad, Beni Chugh, Nishan Gantayat, Anushka Ashok
February 13, 2023 | ThePrint

Unlike terms & condition document, key facts statement is a simple, page-long snapshot of key information about a loan. However, depth of information it offers can be shallow.

By Srikara Prasad
December 23, 2022 | Dvara Research

In this post, we present our findings from our literature review based on which we conducted the behavioural study.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad, Nishan Gantayat, Anushka Ashok
December 23, 2022 | Dvara Research

Dvara Research and Final Mile are collaborating on a behavioural science informed primary study to unpack the barriers that customers currently face in engaging with and understanding consent artefacts.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad
December 16, 2022 | Dvara Research

While the usage of UPI-based payments has been steadily increasing, the experiences of new-to-UPI users are relatively less examined.

By Beni Chugh, Srikara Prasad
December 14, 2022 | Dvara Research

This study was conducted through a donation from WhatsApp Pay. All material created under this study is made available as a public good, accessible through this page.

By Dvara Research, Centre for Social and Behavioural Change, Ashoka University
November 28, 2022 | ThePrint

The latest iteration of India’s data protection legislation calls for a reminder of why the country needs a Personal Data Protection Bill and what would make it a good one.

By Srikara Prasad, Beni Chugh
November 21, 2022 | Moneycontrol

Protecting citizens’ privacy is a pre-eminent mandate of any data protection regime. The Digital Personal Data Protection Bill appears to have departed farther away from that mandate