Following the questions.

Credit Source and Enterprise Performance in Urban Maharashtra

An investigation into credit access and India’s informal economy.

• Mentored by Dr Ceyhun Elgin, Columbia University. Analysed government survey data on 53,000+ small enterprises; bank loans were linked to 17% higher output, while informal loans showed no link.
• Surveyed 18 Mumbai vendors and found that supplier credit—their most common loan—is barely recorded in official data.
• Published in the International Journal of Social Science and Research (IJSSER) and awarded CREST Gold.

Tremor: Informality Gap Index

Testing what official economic figures might leave out.

• Built a public index comparing GST collection growth with state GDP growth across 32 Indian states over five years during my internship at Abakkus.
• Tested whether official GDP undercounts informal activity; the data rejected the idea, and the result held across three robustness checks.

The Breaking Point

Inside the Economic Crises that Rewrote History.

• Wrote a 188-page book tracing 10 economic crises from 1929 to 2023, drawing on 150+ sources across 20+ economies.
• Ranked in Amazon’s Top 500 Bestselling Education Books; available in 150+ countries.

Germany’s Renewable Energy Transition

To what extent have the post-2021 changes in Germany’s Renewable Energy Act (EEG) increased renewable electricity generation (2021–2024)?