Avantika Kapoor

Avantika Kapoor is a Research Assistant at ICRIER. Her areas of interest include international trade and policy, and food safety policies. She has worked on survey-based studies for Indian government departments, including the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and for international governments such as the European Commission. At ICRIER, she has worked for organisations such as the Amway India Enterprises Private Limited and PepsiCo India, and has contributed to the Working Paper Series and popular media articles. Under these projects, she contributed to sampling framework designing for pan-India survey, questionnaire designing and she also did field visit for pilot survey. She analysed the survey data and wrote the corresponding reports. Avantika has completed her M.Sc. in Economics from University of Warwick, England and a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from University of Delhi.

Trade rules in e-commerce: Opportunities and concerns for India
India, which is among the fastest growing markets for e-commerce in the world, submitted a formal document to the WTO in December 2017 opposing any negotiations on trade in the sector. In this post, Mukherjee and Kapoor discuss the country’s opportunities and concerns with regard to e-commerce, and suggest next steps for policy and regulation.
