Ecoholics 'Thinking Tree'

About Ecoholics 'Thinking Tree'

A trademark show of Ecoholics where we call experts from the field of Economics

Publisher

Sanat Shrivastava

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Jun 2020

Latest episode

16 Aug 2021

Latest episodes

18 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Aug 2021

   India’s role in the South Asian Economic Integration Explained by Dr Binoy Goswami

   Faculty of Economics at South Asian University, New Delhi. Having 14 years of experience in teaching and research. He has been supervising doctoral works of several students.

2. 

   17 May 2021

   How COVID is affecting our personal finances? Monika Halan Consulting Editor with Mint

   A well-known media personality, Monika Halan is a Consulting Editor with Mint and Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. She is a regular speaker on financial literacy, regulation, inclusion and consumer issues in retail finance. She has a Master’s in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a second Master’s in Journalism Studies from College of Cardiff, University of Wales, UK. She has worked across various media organisations in India, has run four successful TV series around personal finance in NDTV, Zee and Bloomberg India. Monika also has public policy experience working with the Government of India as an advisor (Swarup Committee) in 2009, was also a member on the Ministry of Finance Committee on Incentives (Bose Committee), has been a member on the Sebi Mutual Fund Committee since 2010. She was a member of the Task Force set up by the Government of India to put in place the Financial Redressal Agency. She is an author of the best-selling book Let’s talk Money published by Harper Collins in July 2018. Her first book Seven Steps to Financial Freedom was published by Macmillan in 2005. She is based in New Delhi and was chosen as a Yale World Fellow in 2011. Ecoholics is a platform for Economics run by Former Asst. Prof. SANAT SHRIVASTAVA (Economist @ECOHOLICS - Largest Platform for Economics) is a Faculty of Economics at an Institute for IAS, New Delhi

3. 

   10 May 2021

   Behavioral Economics: Addressing the Hype | Explained by Prof Kiriti Kanjilal

   Ecoholics is a platform for Economics run by Former Asst. Prof. SANAT SHRIVASTAVA (Economist @ECOHOLICS - Largest Platform for Economics) is a Faculty of Economics at an Institute for IAS, New Delhi

4. 

   8 May 2021

   How India Can Improve Its Economy and Earn Better Explained by Dr Govind Bhattacharjee on Ecoholics

   How India Can Improve Its Economy and Earn Better Explained by Dr Govind Bhattacharjee on Ecoholics Dr Govind Bhattacharjee, Professor at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, Who retired as Director General from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi, in 2018. He has been a civil servant for more than three decades with many important positions and assignments both in India and abroad He is a prolific writer on a wide variety of subjects ranging from economics and public policy to popular science.

5. 

   6 May 2021

   Food Policy Analyst, Researcher, Writer Mr. Devinder Sharma On Agricultural Crisis

   Food Policy Analyst, Researcher, Writer Mr. Devinder Sharma On Agricultural Crisis

6. 

   3 May 2021

   East Asian Model for Indian Economy by Prof Sebastian Morris IIM-A (Indian Institute of Management)

   Presently employed as faculty (from 1992) at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Work involves teaching, research and consultancy. (Also as the Chairperson of the Doctoral (Fellow) programme for over three years, and the first Chairperson of the Post Graduate Programme in Public Management and Policy, and also first Chairperson of the Centre for Infrastructure Policy and Regulation. Have also been the Chairperson of Executive Education. Was Co-Chair of the Harvard Kennedy School, Phase V IAS Training Programme for Senior Civil Servants (2006-2010). Chaired the Committee on Future Directions for the IIMA. Involved in teaching, research, executive education, and consultancy. Was Visiting ICCR Chair-Professor at the Copenhagen Business School, at the Asia Research Centre, School of International Business, 2013. Was Visiting Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA from August 25, 1993 to August 31, 1994, as recipient of Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Has been visiting faculty at ESSEC, Paris. Employed at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad, in the Economics Group, from June to August 31, 1994 as Associate Professor, and earlier as Assistant Professor from April 1986. Work involved research, teaching, training, and consultancy. Was senior staff writer and correspondent for Business India (magazine) from September 1982 to November 1983. Work involved editing, reporting, as well as writing feature articles.

7. 

   29 Apr 2021

   Monetary Policy Committee Member Dr Ashima Goyal on Current Indian Economic Scenario

   Monetary Policy Committee Member Dr Ashima Goyal on Current Indian Economic Scenario To Subscribe for Courses - https://subscription.ecoholics.in/ Ecoholics is the largest platform for Economics that provides online coaching for all competitive exams of economics. Ecoholics started as an educational initiative in 2019, with its first array on the basic University Exam Preparation tutorials. Gradually, the platform started diversifying its domain of service and it was no later than few months that the channel set off its videos for competitive exams such as: 1. Economics Optional for UPSC 2. Indian Economic Service for UPSC 3. RBI GRADE B DEPR 4. UGC NET Economics 5. GATE Economics 6. MA Entrance 7. SEBI GRADE A 8. NABARD 9. Mathematical Economics 10. Econometrics 11. PG Economics 12. UG Economics 13. UGC NET Paper 1

8. 

   27 Apr 2021

   Director and Vice Chancellor IGIDR & Former Chairman CACP Ministry of Agriculture S Mahendra Dev

   Prof. S. Mahendra Dev Director and Vice-Chancellor IGIDR (it is an advanced research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India). Former Chairman CACP Ministry of Agriculture. He is member of the Board of Trustees of International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, D.C. He is also a member of National Statistical Commission in the rank of Secretary to Government of India. Prof. Dev has more than 100 research publications in national and international journals. Oxford University Press has recently published his book Inclusive Growth in India. He has been a consultant and adviser to many International Organizations, such as UNDP, World Bank, International Food Policy Research Institute, ILO, FAO, and ESCAP. He is also a member of the newly constituted Expert Panel on poverty estimates chaired by Dr C. Rangarajan. He has been a member of several government committees including the Prime Minister’s Task Force on Employment and Rangarajan Commission on Financial Inclusion. Ecoholics is a platform for Economics run by Former Asst. Prof. SANAT SHRIVASTAVA (Economist @ECOHOLICS - Largest Platform for Economics) is a Faculty of Economics at an Institute for IAS, New Delhi

9. 

   23 Apr 2021

   Deputy Governor RBI (2014-17) Former CMD BoB SS Mundra on Contemporary Role of RBI in Indian Economy

   Shri S.S. Mundra recently retired as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 30th July 2017 after completing a stint of three years. Prior to that, the last position held by him was as Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Baroda from where he superannuated in July 2014. In a banking career spanning over four decades, Shri Mundra held several important positions including that of Executive Director of Union Bank of India, Chief Executive of Bank of Baroda (European Operations) amongst others. He also served as RBI's nominee on the Financial Stability Board (G20 Forum) and its various committees. Shri Mundra was also the Vice-chair of OECD's International Network on Financial Education (INFE). Prior to joining RBI, Shri Mundra also served on Boards of several multi-dimensional companies like the Clearing Corporation of India Ltd (CCIL), Central Depository Services (India) Ltd. (CDSL), BOB Asset Management Company, India Infrastructure Finance Corporation (UK) Ltd. (IIFCL), IndiaFirst Life Insurance Company Ltd., Star Union Dai-Ichi Life Insurance Company Ltd., National Payments Corporation of India Ltd., etc. The experience gained in guiding these entities has bestowed him with wide leadership skills and keen insights in best practices in Corporate Governance. Ecoholics is a platform for Economics run by Former Asst. Prof. SANAT SHRIVASTAVA (Economist @ECOHOLICS - Largest Platform for Economics) is a Faculty of Economics at an Institute for IAS, New Delhi

10. 

    22 Apr 2021

    Dr. Viral Acharya on Quest for Restoring Financial Stability in India | Economics Discussion

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava, CEO Ecoholics Viral V. Acharya is an Indian economist who was appointed as Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank of India (2017-19). He also served as a member of the advisory council of the RBI Academy and was a member of the Academic Council of the National Institute of Securities Markets, Securities and Exchange Board of India since 2014. "The author's share of proceeds will all go towards Pratham India: Every Child in School & Learning Well for providing education and skilling to under-privileged children and youth in India.“ We are running special offers on the book as part of the release promotions, on our website, StealADeal, as well as on Amazon. 20 + 10%* discount when you order on our website, StealADeal: https://bit.ly/337FOV7 *10% extra discount on the first order when you sign up with us! 10% discount when you order on Amazon: https://amzn.to/2BGJ1zO To Subscribe for Courses - https://subscription.ecoholics.in/

11. 

    28 Jun 2020

    Fighting COVID with India's Fragile Infrastructure with Urvashi Prasad (NITI Aayog) on Thinking Tree

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics) Urvashi Prasad is a Public Policy Specialist at NITI Aayog, Support Team COVID Empowered Group 1, Government of India; Member, SDG 2030 Implementation Task Force and Former Consultant at WHO. She has done a Master Degree in Public Health from London U.K. and she is the alumnus of the University of Cambridge & University of Birmingham.

12. 

    26 Jun 2020

    Member of NITI Aayog & 15th Finance Commission Ramesh Chand on Agriculture Post COVID

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics) Prof. Ramesh Chand is currently Member of NITI Aayog & the Fifteenth Finance Commission (in the rank and status of Union Minister of State). He has a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. He is Fellow, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Indian Society of Agricultural Economics. Prof. Chand has over three decades of experience in research and teaching in the field of agricultural economics and policy. He has been involved in policy formulation for the agriculture sector for the last two decades. Prior to joining NITI Aayog, he was Director National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research, New Delhi. In addition, Prof. Ramesh Chand is also Member of: Board of Trustees (BOT) of CIMMYT (International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center), Mexico and The Policy Advisory Council (PAC) of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia.

13. 

    26 Jun 2020

    Arvind Mayaram Former Finance Secretary Govt of India Speaking on India's Trade and External Sector

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics) Arvind Mayaram has a PhD in Finance and is former Finance Secretary of India. He was also Special Secretary in Ministry of Rural Development. In Rajasthan, he held the position of Industries & Tourism Secretary. He has also been the Alternate Governor for India on the Boards of World Bank, ADB and African Development Bank. He was India's finance deputy in G20 and BRICS. He was also on the Boards of Reserve Bank of India, Securities Exchanges Board of India & Life Insurance Corp. He was India's chief negotiator for BRICS New Development Bank and co-chair of the Framework Working Group of G-20. He has been instrumental in several major initiatives in the area of investment, infrastructure development, Public-Private Partnerships and institution building. He spearheaded the establishment of the framework for mainstreaming PPPs in infrastructure and accelerated the process of including newer areas for PPPs not only sectorally but also in a large number of states across India. He was also Vice President of the World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (WAIPA), formed under the aegis of UNCTAD, UNIDO, FIAS and MIGA for two terms in early 2000. He has been an investment promotion expert with the UNCTAD and his expertise in the area of PPPs is internationally acknowledged. He has undertaken missions for the UN agencies in countries such as Sudan, South Africa, Fiji, Ecuador, Uzbekistan, South Africa, Cambodia etc. apart from participating in several foreign economic negotiations on behalf of the Government of India. He is an institution builder. He established the Bureau of Investment Promotion (BIP) and Project Development Company of Rajasthan (PDCOR) in Rajasthan. He also incorporated the National Skill Development Corporation and the National Skill Development Trust, the foundation stones of the National Skill Development Mission.

14. 

    26 Jun 2020

    World Bank Economist Abhishek Saurav on Effect on Businesses from COVID

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics) Dr. Abhishek Saurav, Economist - Private Sector Development and Investment Climate, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA. Dr. Saurav is an international economist at the World Bank Group in Washington DC. He leads high-level policy advisory and research on foreign direct investment, job creation, women’s economic empowerment, and productivity growth. To identify critical areas of timely public policy support to businesses, he is currently leading global research and advisory to investigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the private sector and identifying remedial public policy support to developing countries. His work uncovers the effects of demand and supply-side shocks triggered by the pandemic on supply chains, firm liquidity, worker productivity, output, employment, and business performance. Dr. Saurav holds a doctorate from the George Washington University, where his work investigated the effect of entrepreneurship on economic development and the long-run effects of migration on source economies. He received his Master’s degree from the George Mason University and Bachelor’s degree from the University of Delhi. He is an Indian national and a resident of the United States.

15. 

    26 Jun 2020

    Member 14th Finance Commission, Fr. Member Economic Advisory Council to PM of India | Director NIPFP (Dr Govinda Rao)

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava Dr. M Govinda Rao - Former Member 14th Finance Commission, Member Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister of India and Director NIPFP. He was the Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy. His past positions include Director, Institute for Social and Economic Change, (1998-2002) Bangalore (1998-2002) and Fellow, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (1995-1998) and Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (1985-1995). Dr. Rao has a number of advisory roles. He is a Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India with the rank of Minister of State, Government of India. He is a Member of Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) and High Level Expert Committee on Universalising Healthcare, Member, High Level Expert Committee on Efficient Management of Public Expenditure and Member, Advisory Group of Eminent Persons to advise the Finance Minister on G-20 matters. His past advisory roles include Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Value Added Tax and Chairman, Expert Group on Taxation of Services. He is a Member, Board of Governors in Institute of Economic Growth, Institute for Social and Economic Change and Madras School of Economics. Dr. Rao’s research interests include fiscal decentralization and federalism, state and local finances, tax policy and reforms, public expenditure management.

16. 

    26 Jun 2020

    Decoding Research for PhD. M.Phil and to Write Research Papers with Arpita Mukherjee of ICRIER

    Host - Asawari Savarikar Sharma Dr Arpita Mukherjee is a Professor at ICRIER. She has several years of experience in policy-oriented research, working closely with the government in India and policymakers in the EU, US, ASEAN and in East Asian countries.

17. 

    25 Jun 2020

    Prof. Bibek Debroy (Chairman Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister & Member NITI Aayog) at Ecoholics Thinking Tree

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics)

18. 

    24 Jun 2020

    Indian Economy Addressing the Core Issues Explained by Dhiraj Nayyar on Ecoholics Thinking Tree

    Host - Sanat Shrivastava (CEO, Ecoholics) Dhiraj Nayyar is Chief Economist, Vedanta Resources. Between 2015 and 2018 he was OSD and Head, Economics, Finance & Commerce, Niti Aayog. He is also a Columnist (The Hindu, Business Line, Indian Express, Economic Times and many more national newspapers). A trained economist with a unique career trajectory having held senior positions in the media, government & corporate sector. Also, a prolific author, columnist and public speaker on public policy issues. His Columns republished in Chicago Tribune, Gulf News, Japan Times, Times of Oman, Los Angeles Times, MalayOnline, Today (Singapore), Korea Herald, National Post (Canada), Dawn (Pakistan), Mint and Financial Express (India). Trained as an economist at St.Stephen's College, Delhi, Merton College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge, Dhiraj is the author of the bestselling book, Modi and Markets: Arguments for Transformation.

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