Rudrani Bhattacharya
Associate Professor
- Email rudrani.bhattacharya@nipfp.org.in rudrani.bhattacharya11@gmail.com
- Phone 26569303 Ext - 157
Rudrani Bhattacharya is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi. Her primary research area includes inflation and monetary policy, international finance, growth, development and Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium modelling for emerging market economies. She has obtained her Ph.D. in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi Campus.
Research areas
Inflation and monetary policy, international finance, growth, development and Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium modelling for emerging market economies.
Current research
1. Nowcasting of quarterly GDP growth in India (in collaboration with National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi): Real time prediction of quarterly GDP growth in India using high frequency macroeconomic indicators.
2. Investigate whether monetary policy shock can anchor inflation expection of economic agents in India using survey-based inflation expectation series.
3. Forecasting Consumer Price Inflation in India.
Recent publications
- (2024), "How much Debt is Optimal for the Major Indian States? Economic Growth vs. Debt Sustainability", NIPFP Working Paper No. 411
- (2024), "How did Transition to the GST Regime Affect Inflation in India?", NIPFP Working Paper No. 405
- (2023), "How is India Doing? Mid Year Macroeconomic Review", NIPFP Working Paper No. 400
- (2023), "How Effective Is e-NAM in Integrating Food Commodity Prices in India?", Special Article, Economic and Political Weekly, LVIII, No. 35, Pg. 44-51
- (2023), "Does Monetary Policy in India Anchor Inflation Expectation?", NIPFP Working Paper No. 395
Membership in committees and commissions
- Member of the Working Group of for the Revision of the Current Series of Wholesale Price Index (Base 2011-12) under Office of the Economic Adviser, Government of India since August, 2019.
- Member of the Expert Group for deriving seasonally adjusted series for short term economic data under National Statistical Commission from November, 2012 till date.
- Member, Expert Committee on Price Statistics under National Statistical Commission from 30th July to 30th April, 2011
Professional activities
Member, Editorial Review Board of Amity Journal of Economics, Amity University, from July, 2015.
Reviewer, World Bank Economic Review; Economic Modelling; Selected Chapters of the book titled “India’s Fiscal Policy: Prescriptions, Pragmatics and Practice”, Cambridge University Press.
Consultant, The Asian Development Bank, November-February, 2013. Attended NBER Summer School, Boston, USA, July 2012.
Other information
Invited to deliver
- Lectures in the Programme on Macroeconomic Modelling in Economic Policy Making at Reserve Bank Staff College (RBSC), Chennai, April, 2018.
- Lecture on “Rules, Discretion and Optimal Monetary Policy” at Reserve Bank Staff College (RBSC), Chennai, May, 2017.
- Lectures on Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) Models and Forecasting and Policy Analysis System (FPAS) Models in a Pilot Programme on Advance Macroeconomic Modelling at Reserve Bank Staff College (RBSC), Chennai, March, 2017