Mr Saugata Bhattacharya is an economist with over 30 years of experience in economic and financial markets analysis, policy advocacy, infrastructure and project finance, consumer behaviour and analytics. He has written and published extensively on these subjects. Before joining CPR as a Senior Fellow, Sauagata was the Chief Economist and Executive Vice President at the Axis Bank. Earlier, at IDFC, he worked as a specialist with the Policy Advisory Group and participated in several key committees of Government of India, including the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Infrastructure. At CPR, he will be playing a lead role in the ongoing work with the Government of Andhra Pradesh – supporting its Data Analytics Unit. He will also be pursuing his research interests in macro-financial forecasting reviewing global and domestic developments, MSME sector, digital public infrastructure in banking, financial and insurance sectors, and urbanization.