Profile
Akshaya Balaji is a Research Analyst at the Asia Competitiveness Institute (ACI), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (NUS). Akshaya obtained her Master of Economics degree from NUS and her Bachelor of Arts in Economics (Honours) from Christ (Deemed to be University). At ACI, she handles the ‘ACI’s Competitiveness Analysis of the Sub-National Economies of India’ exercise, an annual publication. Besides this, her research projects focus on India, its latest developments, growth and transformation. Her research interests span the fields of Public Policy, Behavioural Economics and Policy Impact Evaluation. Previously, she worked as a Student Assistant with the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS-NUS) and a Junior Research Assistant with Monk Prayogshala, India.