Kausik Bhadra is an Economist with Ph.D. and 15+ years of experience in academic and policy research, and advocacy with various national and international organizations such as UNICEF, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), UNDP, University of California and San Diego (UCSD), Haryana 6th State Finance Commission etc. His areas of specialization and interest within the broad scope of economics are public finance and policy, fiscal federalism, decentralized public service delivery of merit goods, public health and sports financing. You can find him on Facebook and LinkedIn.
Kiran Rao’s Laapataa Ladies (2024) is a film that makes serious societal commentary on the socio-cultural, economic, and governance aspects of women empowerment, wrapped within a multi-layered satire. By Kausik K. Bhadra