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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 20, 2019 | Dvara Research

Reflecting on central recommendations in the Nilekani Report and the Vision 21 Document along with the key aspects of the user journey for digital payments.

By Anubhutie Singh, Beni Chugh, Malavika Raghavan
June 18, 2019 | Dvara Research

On RBI’s proposed Public Credit Registry and its implications.

May 8, 2019 | Dvara Research

Response to the Reserve Bank of India on the Draft Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox

By Beni Chugh, Anubhutie Singh, Malavika Raghavan
May 6, 2019 | Dvara Research

Harms facing users in the digital ecosystem that players in the Indian ecosystem must contemplate in order to build appropriate safeguards

By Srikara Prasad
April 15, 2019 | Dvara Research

Examining the preparedness of the MSME sector to adopt digital platforms and report on the trends for adoption of IT.

By Biswaraj Paul Choudhury
April 4, 2019

Click here to access the primer on Consumer Data Infrastructure.  Large scale data infrastructures (such as the proposed Public Credit Registry, the GSTN System and the Indiastack) are emerging to support the delivery of financial services in India. This raises questions regarding the role of the State and of the regulation of these infrastructures. The existing […]

By Malavika Raghavan, Beni Chugh, Anubhutie Singh
April 4, 2019 | Dvara Research

Click here to access the primer on Designing Optimal Regulation. The use of technology and personal data in finance is changing the landscape of financial services. This is widening the choice set of financial services available to consumers, through two distinct trends that are enabled by the use of technology (i) the disintermediation of traditional financial […]

By Beni Chugh, Malavika Raghavan, Anubhutie Singh
April 4, 2019 | Dvara Research

Primer on Designing Optimal Regulation – 4th Dvara Research Conference

By Beni Chugh, Anubhutie Singh, Malavika Raghavan
April 4, 2019 | Dvara Research

Primer on Consumer Data Infrastructure - 4th Dvara Research Conference

By Beni Chugh, Anubhutie Singh, Malavika Raghavan
April 3, 2019 | Dvara Research

Primer on Suitability for Consumer Data Use and Product Design – 4th Dvara Research Conference

By Beni Chugh, Anubhutie Singh, Malavika Raghavan