Contributor : Profile
Nalini Gulati is Editorial Advisor at ‘Ideas for India’ (I4I). She was the founding Managing Editor of I4I, and served in the role between 2012 and 2022. She was also a Country Economist at the India Programme of the International Growth Centre (IGC). Nalini holds an M.Phil. in Economics from the University of Oxford, and B.A. (Hons.) Economics from Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi.
Under a grant from Open Philanthropy, Nalini co-authors 'The Care Gap', a living literature review at the intersection of gender and health in low- and middle-income countries. Recently, she has also worked as a Consultant on projects focused on women’s economic empowerment – funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and led by senior academics at Indian Statistical Institute and Ashoka University.
In the early years of her career, Nalini was an Economist in the global health practice of Cambridge Economic Policy Associates (CEPA), and a Short Term Consultant for a nutrition project at World Bank India. Her M.Phil. research involved analysis of household survey data from India to examine the role of risk preference heterogeneity in the demand for health insurance.
Posts by Nalini Gulati
Policy Roundup: 50 years post Emergency, forest rights, ethanol policy
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to coercive sterilisation of males during India’s period of Emergency; challen...
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Nalini Gulati
02 July, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: India-UK FTA, good monsoon, medium firms
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the India-UK free trade agreement, predictions of an above-normal monsoon thi...
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Nalini Gulati
30 May, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Heat waves, smart cities, poverty debate
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to extreme heat predictions for Indian summer and the environmental impacts of c...
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Nalini Gulati
30 April, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: State budgets, time use survey, natural calamities
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to state budgets, gender gaps in time use, and mitigating the impact of natural ...
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Nalini Gulati
01 April, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Union Budget and “Sabka Vikas”
Following the release of the Economic Survey of India and the Union Budget for 2025-26 – which reflect the official assessment of the state of the Indian economy and the government’s priorities an...
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Nalini Gulati
12 February, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: 1.5 degree breach, Trump’s America, ASER 2024
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the widespread negative effects of climate change and what can be done to mit...
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Nalini Gulati
31 January, 2025
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Delhi smog, US immigration, industrial policy
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I (and IGC) content pertaining to Delhi’s seasonal smog problem, anti-pollution and adaptati...
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Nalini Gulati
29 November, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Fed rate cut, ageing South India, Cyclone Dana, crypto regulation
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I content pertaining to the impact of US monetary policy announcements on emerging economies, ...
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Nalini Gulati
31 October, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Women’s safety, social security, clean air
This post presents our monthly curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting (recent and upcoming) I4I content pertaining to the issue of women’s safety at home, the need ...
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Nalini Gulati
20 September, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Women’s safety, sub-caste quotas, Bangladesh unrest
This Policy Roundup presents I4I content pertaining to recent developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting the issue of women’s safety and how it affects their work participation, an...
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Nalini Gulati
30 August, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: Union Budget and Economic Survey
Following the release of the latest Economic Survey of India and the first Union Budget of the new government, this Policy Roundup applies a ‘jobs’ lens to these documents – presenting key takea...
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Nalini Gulati
26 July, 2024
- Perspectives
Policy Roundup: India has a new government
In the aftermath of the 2024 Lok Sabha election results, this post presents a curation of developments in the Indian policy landscape – highlighting I4I content on how coalition governments have his...
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Nalini Gulati
18 June, 2024
- Perspectives