Independent Research and Policy Advocacy

Supriya Saxena

Supriya Saxena Dvara

Supriya heads Communications at Dvara Research. In a career span of over fifteen years, she has worked for consultancies, corporates, and non-government organizations in India. Her competencies lie in setting up communications departments and managing Public Relations and Reputation that she considers essential pillars of Organizational Communication. Supriya holds a Master’s in Communication Management from […]

Sagar Choudhury

Sagar Choudhury Dvara

Sagar is a Senior Manager – Finance & Compliance at Dvara Research. He holds an MBA in Finance & Marketing from Amity University, Uttar Pradesh and LLB from Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. With close to ten years of experience in accounts and finance management, his competencies lie in mainstreaming real time solutions in financial management that strengthens […]

Dr. Indradeep Ghosh

Indradeep Ghosh Dvara

Dr. Indradeep Ghosh is the Executive Director of Dvara Research. He has a PhD from MIT, an MA from Cambridge University (where he won the Adam Smith Prize given to the top graduating student in the university), and a BA from St. Stephen’s College, all in Economics. After finishing his PhD, Dr. Ghosh pursued an […]

Ranjitha Vijaykumar

Ranjitha is the Communications Associate at Dvara Research. Her role entails managing the organisation’s communication channels, and most importantly she is the custodian of the website that houses all the research outputs since inception. Ranjitha has been with Dvara Research for over eight years. She began her career as an Administrative Manager, supporting the operational […]

Priyadarshini Ganesan

Priyadarshini Ganesan Dvara

Priyadarshini Ganesan is Research Manager – Climate & Agri Finance at Dvara Research, where she studies the role of financial systems in advancing inclusive and sustainable development, with a particular focus on agriculture and climate action. Her research explores how financial access can be translated into meaningful improvements in the lives of low-income and climate-vulnerable populations. […]

Misha Sharma

Misha Sharma Dvara

Misha leads the Household Finance Practice at Dvara Research. In this role she focuses on identifying key research gaps in the field of household finance and building evidence to inform market practices and design of financial sector policy.  Misha specialises in policy research and advocacy in the domain of financial inclusion. She has several years […]

Govindan S

Gonindan S Dvara

Govindan is an Administrative Associate. He maintains a well-functioning office environment while providing administrative support. Previously, he worked as HR & Admin at Radiant Cash Management Pvt. Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the Dhanraj Baid Jain College.

Dwijaraj Bhattacharya

Dwijaraj heads the Financial Systems Design Initiative. His work focuses on households’ access to credit and impediments therein. His research interests include the legislative and regulatory frameworks governing providers, regulators, and other entities in the financial sector. His work also focuses on personal insolvency and bankruptcy. Dwijaraj holds a Master’s in Public Policy from the […]

Anushree Nekkanti

Anushree Nekkanti Dvara

Anushree is a Program Manager for the Customer Protection Centre of Dvara Research. She has over 10 years of experience in strategy consulting for public and private sector clients across three geographies. Anushree has cross-functional experience in executing and delivering projects in the water, power and education sectors. Prior to joining Dvara Research, Anushree worked […]

Aishwarya Iyer

Aishwarya Narayan Dvara

Aishwarya is a Senior Research Associate at Dvara Research. She is passionate about building welfare systems that are equitably accessible for all and redistributive in nature. Aishwarya’s areas of research and advocacy include digitisation in social protection, last-mile delivery systems, and grievance redress mechanisms in digital finance and social protection. An overarching theme across her […]