NCAER
Ashish Desai, PhD in Economics, has a wealth of experience in various roles, such as Director at NITI Aayog, CEO of JUMO.WORLD in India, and General Manager at Mahindra Comviva. Currently, Ashish serves as a Member of the Academic Council at Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University, Sr Visiting Fellow at NCAER, and Advisor at ONDC Official for Strategic Initiatives. Their expertise includes managing monitoring and evaluation of schemes across multiple ministries and departments, setting up technology innovation labs, and technical account management.
NCAER
NCAER is India's oldest and largest national, non-profit, economic research institute. Established in 1956 and led by an independent Governing Body and its Director-General, NCAER’s goal is high-quality empirical economic research that is relevant and has policy impact. NCAER undertakes independent, grant-funded research and commissioned studies for central and state governments and industry. NCAER is among the few think tanks globally that have strong field data collection capabilities for national surveys.