Ideas of India

Nisha Vernekar on Night-shift Reforms and Women's Work in India

This is the 2026 job market series, where I speak with young scholars entering the academic job market about their latest research on India. On this episode, I spoke with

Aishwarya Kekre on Land Fragmentation and Its Impact on Structural Transformation

This is the 2026 job market series, where I speak with young scholars entering the academic job market about their latest research on India. We are launching our series w

Rana Hasan on Harnessing the Economic Potential of Indian Cities

Today my guest is Rana Hasan who is the Director, Centre for Economic Growth at NCAER and Senior Affiliate Scholar at the Mercatus Center. Prior to this he was the Region

Gaurav Chiplunkar on the Frictions in India's Labor Market

Today my guest is Gaurav Chiplunkar, who is an Assistant Professor in the Global Economies and Markets group at the Darden School of Business, University of Virginia. W

Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah on the 'The 1991 Project'

Today my guests are my colleagues Shreyas Narla and Kadambari Shah. Shreyas is a research scholar and Kadambari is a research associate at the Mercatus Center with the In

M.R. Madhavan on Party Power and the Decline of India's Legislatures

Today my guest is M.R. Madhavan, co-founder and president of PRS Legislative Research. We talked about the role and purpose of the Rajya Sabha, treatment of money bills

Rahul Sagar on the Birth of Indian Nationalism

Today my guest is once again Rahul Sagar, who is a Global Network Associate Professor of Political Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. We talked about his new boo

Sajjid Chinoy on Whether India Faces another 1991 Moment

Today my guest is Sajjid Chinoy, managing director and chief India economist at J.P. Morgan. He is also currently serving as a part-time member of the Economic Advisory C

Ritam Chaurey on Placing the Firm at the Center of India's Structural Transformation

Today my guest is Ritam Chaurey, who is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. We talked about structural transf

Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Liberalism, Nihilism, and the Collapse of Sincerity

Today my guest is Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta, who is the Laurance Rockefeller Professor for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton and former president and chief executive of th

Shruti Rajagopalan and Milan Vaishnav on India's Delimitation Dilemma

Today we are releasing a webinar recording from April 24th where Milan Vaishnav and I had a conversation on delimitation in India. Milan is a senior fellow and the direct

Samanth Subramanian on the Fragile and Resilient Technologies that Bind Us

Today my guest is Samanth Subramanian, who is a journalist and writer and the author of the recent books The Web Beneath the Waves and A Dominant Character: The Radical S

Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur on India's Precocious Development Odyssey

Today my guests are Arvind Subramanian and Devesh Kapur. Arvind is a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a former Chief Economic Advis

V. Anantha Nageswaran on Surveying the Growth and Financialization of the Indian Economy

Today my guest is Dr. V Anantha Nageswaran, who is currently serving as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India. He is also the co-author of the books Econo

Ornit Shani and Rohit De on Assembling India's Constitution

Today my guests are Ornit Shani and Rohit De, historians and the authors of the latest book Assembling India's Constitution. Ornit Shani is an associate professor of hist

Pranay Kotasthane on the Political Economy of Rare Earths and Critical Minerals

Today my guest is Pranay Kotasthane who is the deputy director of the Takshashila Institution and chairs the High Tech Geopolitics Programme.  Pranay co-writes Anticipa

Nachiket Mor on Rethinking India's Healthcare System

Today my guest is Nachiket Mor, a health economist whose work focuses on the design of national and regional health systems. He is a visiting scientist at the Banyan Acad

Akshay Jaitly on the Making of a Modern Indian Law Firm

Today my guest is Akshay Jaitly, the author of the recent book, Trilegal: The Making of a Modern Indian Law Firm. He is one of the founders of Trilegal and specializes in

Renuka Sane on Regulatory Frameworks, Rule of Law, and Pensions Reforms in India

Today my guest is Renuka Sane who is the managing director of Managing Director of Trustbridge. An institution that seeks to improve India's business environment by impro

Snigdha Poonam on the Political Economy of Transnational Scams

Today my guest is Snigdha Poonam who is a journalist and writer. She is the author of the new book Scamlands and also the author of the 2018 award winning book Dreamers: