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Beni Chugh

Head – Future of Finance
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Beni Chugh heads the Future of Finance Initiative. Her work focuses on identifying systemic stability and consumer protection concerns in digital finance.  Beni holds a Master’s in Public Policy from NLSIU, Bangalore and an M.A in Development Economics from the South Asian University, New Delhi.

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March 18, 2026 | Dvara Research

The paper explores what RTAI means in the context of digital lending. The first section compiles principles of RTAI along with its essential components. The next section maps relevant tools for each principle. These tool recommendations can help lenders implement RTAI practices in their operations.

By Manvi Khanna, Sugandh Saxena, FACE, Beni Chugh, Nikita Ann George, PwC, Neeraj Sibal, PwC
March 12, 2026 | Dvara Research

In this response, we present our comments to the Draft Amendment Directions for ‘Advertising, Marketing and Sales of Financial Products and Services by Regulated Entities’ issued by the Reserve Bank of India on February 11, 2026.

October 21, 2025 | Dvara Research

In the first blog of this series of two, we break down (i) the Committee's methodology, (ii) key insights on the current state of AI adoption, (iii) FREE AI Framework and (iv) its recommendations.

October 8, 2025 | Dvara Research

This blog is based on the recent uptake in conversations on the reformation of the know-your-customer (KYC) process in the financial sector. We find the periodicity of the current KYC system to be of concern for various reasons. The periodic updates of KYC present a burden on the customer to validate themselves every few years, failing which they are at risk of being excluded from the financial system.

August 1, 2025 | Dvara Research

In this document, we present our response to the policy document on DHRUVA (Digital Hub for  Reference and Unique Virtual Address): The Digital Address DPI, hereafter referred to as the ‘policy  document’, published by the Department of Posts in May 2025.   

July 17, 2025 | Dvara Research

The Consultation Paper sets out the landscape of use cases of AI prevalent in the Indian Securities Market.

April 9, 2025 | The Hindu Business Line

Fairness, explainability and human-in-the-loop principle are vital elements of Responsible AI

By Beni Chugh, Neeraj Sibal, PwC
March 29, 2025 | Dvara Research

By studying people’s instinctive, unguided ‘trust-decisions’, we hope to uncover their mental models of trust. More specifically, we aim to (i) articulate the expectations that customers have of trustworthy lenders, (ii) help lenders design their products in a manner consistent with the customer's expectations, and (iii) translate these principle-level expectations into processes that lenders may adopt in their customer service to become trustworthy.

By Beni Chugh, Hasna Ashraf
March 29, 2025 | Dvara Research

This Whitepaper unpacks what RTAI would mean in the context of digital lending. While the term Responsible AI has been adequately conceptualized in academia and elsewhere, it still needs to be coherently contextualized to specific domains.

By PwC, Beni Chugh, Manvi Khanna, Anubhutie Singh
February 28, 2025 | Dvara Research

The response presents our thinking on the governance of artificial intelligence (AI). It is divided into two parts. Part A summarises our key inputs which are also presented below in the form of this write-up. Part B provides a section-by-section paragraph-wise detailed feedback as per the Ministry’s Consultation Form requirements.