Jan 15, 2026
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 improving the rule of law. Renuka was a member of many expert committees including: the Task Force of Experts set up by the Employees Provident Fund...
Jan 2, 2026
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: How Young Indians Are Changing Their World.
We talked about the scam industrial complex in different states like Jharkhand, Assam and Tamil Nadu in...
Dec 23, 2025
Shruti and Ideas of India producer Dallas Floer sit down for the 2025 end-of-year episode. They look back at key themes and top episodes from the past year, address listener questions, and look forward to what’s in store for Shruti and the show in 2026.
Recorded December 16th, 2025.
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Dec 4, 2025
Our seventh and final scholar in the series is Ammu Lavanya, a PhD candidate
in Economics at George Washington University. Her research is in
the areas of International Finance, Monetary Economics, Empirical
Banking and Financial History.
We spoke about her job market paper titled International
Financial Flows, Credit...
Nov 20, 2025
Our sixth scholar in the series is Nayantara Biswas is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She received her Ph.D. in economics from Clark University. Her research focuses on health equity impact evaluations of small-scale interventions and large-scale public policies.
We spoke...