Team

Prior to starting PRS, Madhavan was based in Singapore covering currency and interest rate markets as Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region for Bank of America. He started his career with ICICI Securities in Mumbai in the equity research group and later headed interest rates research. He is a Fellow (doctorate) from IIM Calcutta, MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds a B. Tech degree from IIT Madras. In 2010, Madhavan was selected as a Chevening Gurukul Scholar at the London School of Economics.

Before joining PRS, he has interned with Hamsafar Trust, an LGBT advocacy group and Krishi Star, an early stage agricultural start-up. Aniket holds a B.Tech degree in metallurgy and material science from IIT Bombay.

Before joining PRS, he worked as a design engineer for Intel Corporation in California. He interned at Innovations for Poverty Action in Zambia and also worked with several researchers like Jennifer Granholm (ex-governor of Michigan) at UC Berkeley. He holds a Masters degree in Public Policy from University of California, Berkeley and in Computer Science from State University of New York, Buffalo. During his time at Berkeley, he pursued economic analysis of government programs related to agriculture, job creation and clean energy.

Before joining PRS, he interned at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and the Haffkine Institute, Mumbai. Dipesh holds a Masters degree in Regulatory Governance from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and a Bachelors degree in Pharmacy from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai.

Jhalak is a Programme Manager with the outreach team and is responsible for engagment with Members of Parliament, to provide them with legislative and policy support. Before taking up this role, she was an analyst with the research team at PRS and tracked environment, mining and tribal affairs. Prior to joining PRS, her internships include the Government Affairs and Policy Team at Amarchand Mangaldas and the corporate teams of Allen & Overy LLP and Trilegal. She holds a B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) from the WB National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. At NUJS, she was the Editor of the Journal of Indian Law and Society. She presented a paper at the 13th International Symposium on Victimology in Japan, which was subsequently published.

Mandira is Head of Research. She led PRS' engagement with MPs, to provide them legislative and policy support. Her core role involved engaging with MPs regularly to understand their research needs, briefing them on upcoming issues and designing initiatives that add value to the work of MPs. Mandira also anchored the LAMP Fellowship during its initial years. Previously, she has worked in the research team of Azim Premji Foundation, Bangalore and Centre for Social Policy, Boston, USA. She was awarded the UNDP Asia- Pacific Human Development Academic Fellowship in 2008. Mandira was selected as an Emerging Leaders Fellow 2011-12 by the Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne. She has a Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Prachee has worked with the New York City - Department of Transportation and with a research team at New York University Wagner primarily on public transit systems and public spaces. She has also worked with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy at Cambridge, US on a research study on public housing and transit in Cape Town, South Africa. Prior to that, Prachee worked in Mumbai as an architect. She holds a Masters degree in Urban Planning from New York University, US and a Bachelors degree in Architecture from NIT Bhopal.

Prior to joining PRS, he has worked with Telecom Centres of Excellence India, a Public Private Partnership initiative of Department of Telecom, Government of India. Raunaq holds a Bachelors degree in Economics from University of Delhi and an MBA from the Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai.

He has over 25 years of work experience in Finance, Accounts, Audit, Administration and Sales & Marketing. Prasad holds Bachelors degrees in Commerce and Law from Delhi University.

She has previously worked with CRY, Kolkata as an active volunteer helping their efforts related to various child rights issues. As an intern at CRY she also helped plan their campaign to increase partnerships and expand their support base. She has completed a Bachelor in Arts, Political Science (Hons) from St Xavier’s College, Kolkata. She has also pursued a Foundation Course on Human Rights and Duties under IGNOU.