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.