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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. 

Anubhutie Singh Dvara

Anubhutie Singh

Research Associate

Beni Chugh Dvara

Beni Chugh

Head - Future of Finance

Our Work

April 3, 2019 | Dvara Research

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

April 2, 2019

Click here to access the primer on consumer data regulation. The use of personal data by government and private service providers in their interactions with individuals is becoming ubiquitous in India. Service providers are able to collect and process larger volumes and richer varieties of personal data, such as from utilities payments, social media and e-commerce […]

April 2, 2019 | Dvara Research

Primer on Consumer Data Regulation - 4th Dvara Research Conference

April 1, 2019 | Dvara Research

4th Dvara Research Conference - April 5-6, 2019

January 10, 2019 | Dvara Research

This post provides a brief overview of the gender gap in technology in India.

By Diya George
January 2, 2019 | Dvara Research

Learnings from the European context.

By Sansiddha Pani
December 11, 2018 | Dvara Research

The post gives an overview of the gender gap in access and usage of financial services in India and the landscape of digital financial services.

By Diya George
October 10, 2018 | Dvara Research

In this document, we present our comments on the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018 (hereafter “the draft Bill”) in response to the call for comments from the public by MEITy (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, 2018)

By The Future Of Finance Initiative
October 10, 2018 | Dvara Research

Comments to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITy) on the draft Personal Data Protection Bill 2018

By The Future Of Finance Initiative
August 24, 2018 | Scroll.in

The heady optimism following the judgment is beginning to wane in the absence of a practical law that enforces the rights it asserted.