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Michael Debabrata Patra
Michael Patra is an economist and former RBI Deputy Governor.
TK Arun
Arun is a seasoned writer on economic and policy matters.
Abheek Barua
Abheek is an Independent Economist and the Former Chief Economist at HDFC Bank.
Ajay Srivastava
Ajay Srivastava is the founder of the Global Trade Research Initiative.
Vijay Chauhan
Vijay, trade expert & ex-IRS officer, works with Deloitte India and Ashoka University’s ICPP.
Dhananjay Sinha
Dhananjay, a D-School alum, is CEO and Co-Head of Equities at Systematix Group.
Kirti Tarang Pande
Kriti is a psychologist specialising in mental health, org behaviour, and brand strategy
Srinath Sridharan
Srinath is an author, corporate advisor, and independent director on corporate boards.
Sharmila Chavaly
Ex-civil servant Chavaly held key Railways, Finance roles; specialises in infra & PPPs
Nilanjan Banik
Nilanjan Banik, Professor at Mahindra University, specialises in trade and development economics.
Sachin Malhotra
Sachin was till recently an MD with Standard Chartered Bank.
Rajesh Mahapatra
Rajesh Mahapatra is the former Editor of The Press Trust of India
Krishnadevan V
Krishnadevan is Consulting Editor at BasisPoint Insight.
Dev Chandrasekhar
Chandra advises companies on big-picture narratives on strategy and markets.
Kalyan Ram
Kalyan Ram co-founded Cogencis. He now leads BasisPoint Insight.
R. Gurumurthy
Gurumurthy is an ex-central banker who handled markets, and later, financial stability for RBI.
The Bureau
Can Acquisitions Transform the Indian Financial Sector?
R. Gurumurthy
The Morning Edge
Markets Turn Risk-Off as US Sanctions on Russia, China Curbs Stir Global Tensions
Richard Fargose
Indian Refiners Lose the Russian Cushion
BasisPoint Groupthink
Beyond Grants: Rethinking How India Funds Infrastructure
India’s infrastructure push can no longer rely on one-time grants and optimism; it must shift from funding gaps to creating value — treating infrastructure not as a cost centre, but as an ecosystem that pays for itself.
Arvind Mayaram
Private Talent in PSBs Will Need Open Minds on Both Sides
K. Srinivasa Rao
The New Friction: How Supply Chains Are Quietly Redrawing India’s Map
Hemachandra Padhan
Riding Giants: How India May Catch the Next Big FDI Swell
Trump’s tariffs may unleash a new FDI swell, with reforms, startups and geopolitics aligning as India readies to ride the next big wave.
Michael Debabrata Patra
Firecrackers as Class Aggression
TK Arun
India’s Growth Will Run on Commodities, But Are We Ready?
G. Chandrashekhar
The Illusion of Balance: Why Centrism Can’t Lead India
Srinath Sridharan
Why the Dollar Is Quietly Winning Again
Yield Scribe
Inside RBI’s Basel III Credit Risk Overhaul
Rahul Ghosh
Geopolitics
The Invisible Frontline: Cyber Wars And India’s Digital Destiny
With cyberattacks now striking our financial, military, and governance networks at record levels, the new frontier of national security is no longer just on land, sea, or air—it’s as much in cyberspace.
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Opinion
Gold’s Rational Resilience in an Irrational World
For central banks, gold is not a relic of history but a rational hedge against the politics for & of money, the fragility of debt, and the unpredictability of power.
Srinath Sridharan
Unemployment Tracker
India’s Job Market Stalls as Unemployment Creeps Up Again
After two months of mild improvement, India’s unemployment rate edged up in September, widening the gender gap and exposing the fragility of recent gains.
Akshi Chawla
Why the State May Have Chosen to Nudge the Tatas
Sohini Ghosh
Optical Illusion in Public Capex
The public investment surge this year appears impressive, but much of its strength comes from accounting adjustments and base effects rather than new capital creation
Madhavi Arora
RBI Loosens the Leash, Banks Must Tighten Risk
K. Srinivasa Rao
Geopolitics
Afghanistan Standoff: The Shifting Sands Of Pakistan’s Strategic Depth
Pakistan’s long-cherished notion of strategic depth in Afghanistan has collapsed. India, through quiet resilience and measured engagement with the Taliban, has reclaimed moral and strategic space.
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Death Syrup: Why Licences Cannot Be Wished Away in All Sectors
The government should mandate traceability of every ingredient used in the pharma industry by deploying tokenisation facilities of the blockchain.
TK Arun
Fifteen Years After Pittsburgh, the Global Economy Is Still Out of Balance
Advanced economies evade discipline, BRICS build alternatives, and the IMF remains trapped between surveillance and sovereignty
Arvind Mayaram
Grieving for Glaciers: Warnings Written in Ice, Water, and Memory
Ancient ice is retreating fast. As rivers shrink and seas rise, glaciers warn of a climate reckoning we can no longer ignore.
Michael Debabrata Patra
RBI Anchors Inflation as Growth Levers Shift Beyond Rates
Shubhada Rao, Vivek Kumar, and Yuvika Singhal
Regulated Pre-IPO Markets Can Generate Billions in Missing Tax Revenue
India's unregulated pre-IPO grey market causes massive tax leakage. SEBI's proposed regulated platform could unlock billions in government revenue.
Chandrika Soyantar
Ceasefire Dreams, Strategic Reality: Peace In Gaza Is Still A Pipedream
Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
Tragicomix
Nobel Committee’s Trump Problem
From peace talks to bleach cures, Trump’s legacy baffles the Nobel Committee: too vast for one medal, inspiring a new prize for sheer unintended innovation.
R. Gurumurthy
Interview
ORF Chairman Joshi on How to Win in a Predatory, Bipolar World
Smaller nations must build alliances, contain the predator, and rewrite the rules of engagement, says Sunjoy Joshi.
Kirti Tarang Pande
