Rajrishi Singhal is a former Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House. He has been a senior business journalist, and Executive Editor, The Economic Times, and served as Head, Policy and Research, at a private sector bank, before shifting to consultancy and policy analysis. In his extensive journalistic career, he has covered areas such as, steel, coal, shipping, ports, petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles and corporate performance. He was the Gurukul Chevening Fellow at the London School of Economics (1997-1998), and the C. V. Starr Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania (2002). He has written at length on the Indian economy, banking and finance industry, and on numerous public policy issues. He also served on two government committees appointed to re-examine policy options in areas of financial services, such as pension sector reforms. At present, he is a member of the Core Advisory Committee of National Insurance Academy and the Advisory Board of India Knowledge@Wharton, and a regular Op Ed contributor to various publications. He has a Master’s degree in Economics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Download a high-res bio picture
Education
Masters in Economics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Expertise
Politics of international business, finance, economics and trade
The Economic Times published an article by Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, Gateway House on the reconciling of poll promises with the actual policies being formulated by the new government
Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, and Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, discuss some of the important components of the Budget and evaluate it in the context of the expectations and the needs of the Indian economy
Akshay Mathur, Head of Research, and Rajrishi Singhal, Senior Geoeconomics Fellow, analyse what the 2014 budget will mean for India's external engagements
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s first budget on July 10 is expected to provide an insight into India’s global economic diplomacy. It should indicate the direction of policies on Foreign Direct Investment and on energy security
The BJP government can begin to address regional disparity, which is a drag on economic growth, by redirecting to the east and north-east some of the infrastructure and investment planned for LNG imports. This policy push, along with concessions for customers, can re-industrialise the region
RBI’s second bi-monthly policy did not raise interest rates, as was expected. But, away from the noise on repo rates, the policy has two critical pivots: an emphasis on making liquidity available for credit expansion and, more importantly, managing inflationary expectations through upbeat language
An underwater gas pipeline project connecting Oman with India’s west coast is being resurrected. Several factors explain the renewed interest, including the relaxing of sanctions against Iran and India’s need to counter-balance geopolitical and security considerations dogging other land-based projects
India’s transport network has failed to keep pace with the ever-expanding cities. This has necessitated the import of alternatives such as the Bus Rapid Transit System. However, unless impediments like the absence of a dedicated corridor and lack of city planning are addressed, the project is destined to fail
The RBI’s two-pronged strategy to protect the economy from tapering-led volatility discourages unproductive external borrowings and prods foreign portfolio debt investors to think long-term. There's another vexed issue: the IMF has sounded a cautionary note on the rising number of foreign currency debt laden Indian firms
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