Opinion Articles

To share my policy research with a wider audience, I have authored or co-authored opinion articles. Below are details of these articles. 

Oxygen Supply during the COVID Pandemic in Delhi, India

• "Examining Patterns in Oxygen Supply at Delhi's Hospitals - A Follow-up". The Wire Science. May 26, 2021. 
• "When Delhi Gasps for Oxygen, Not All Hospitals are Equally Affected". The Wire Science. May 11, 2021.  

Food Security during the COVID Pandemic in Delhi, India 

• "Pandemic Lessons: Delhi's Quest to Universalize Food Security". (with Eesha Kunduri & Shamindra Nath Roy.) ​Economic & Political Weekly. Commentary. Vol. 56, No. 33. August 14, 2021. (PDF available here).
• "Delhi's On-going Food Security Challenge: What Went Wrong and How Can It Be Fixed?". (with Eesha Kunduri & Shamindra Nath Roy.) The Wire. June 14, 2021. 
• "Widening the Food Security Net: Lessons from Delhi's 2020 Lockdown". (with Eesha Kunduri & Shamindra Nath Roy.) The Wire. June 6, 2021.  

Governance of Informal Settlements in Delhi, India 

• "Anatomy of a demolition". (with Subhadra Banda & Ben Mandelkern.) openDemocracy. May 8, 2014. 
• "Whose Flat is it Anyway?". (with Subhadra Banda.) The Down to Earth. Crosscurrents. April 15-30, 2014. 
• "The Promise of Regularisation". (with Subhadra Banda.) The Hindu. Comment. February 12, 2014.

Public Finance in India 

• "Revamping Public Procurement". (with Mukul Asher & Tarun Sharma). The Hindu. Comment. April 23, 2015. 
• "Enhancing CAG's Role in Public Financial Management". (with Mukul Asher & Amar Patnaik). CFO Connect. September 2011. (PDF available here). 
• "Developing Muni Bonds Imperative for Our Urban Future". (with Mukul Asher.) DNA India. September 28, 2011. ​​