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Bio
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Geetima Das Krishna has more than two decades of experience in research and teaching. She is currently a research scholar at Indian Institute of Foreign Trade. Until recently, she was leading the macro-economic research unit in Centre for Policy Research. Several of her research reports have been accepted in global conferences and reputed journals. Some of these were subsequently published in leading economic/financial dailies in an effort to enrich the public debate and provide policy inputs. The policy impact of one of the recommendations was felt when the securities transaction tax on derivatives was raised to rationalise the tax structure and discourage retail speculations, in the Budget 2016. Her report on trade agreement was also mentioned in Economic Survey of Finance Ministry in 2016. The report on 'Impact of 7th pay commission is cited in RBI's publication 'State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2017-18 and 2018-19'.
Previously, she was Addl. Vice president at Reliance Capital handling macro research for Fixed Income Investment team helping formulate investment strategies. Prior to that she worked as Senior Research Associate in Pipal (Crisil, a S&P’s company) and Assistant Professor in Dept. of E&T, and CS in Assam Engineering College. She holds a Master’s in Computer Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, USA and a BE in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Assam Engineering College (University Gold Medalist). She also holds an MBA in Finance and Investments from the City University of New York. [Resume] |
Journal Publications
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Bond Market in India - Evolution, Comparison and Determinants
Geetima Das Krishna, Dr Biawajit Nag World Finance & Banking Symposium in Taichung, Taiwan, 13 December, 2018 [url] |
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Long-run Determinants of Soverign Bond Yields
Geetima Das Krishna, Dr Biawajit Nag Economic & Political Weekly , Vol. 53, No. 13, March 31, 2018, pp 111-119 [url] |
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Indian Exports – Loss of Global Competitiveness
Geetima Das Krishna, Dr Rajiv Kumar Economic and Political Weekly (EPW) vol 34, Aug 22, 2015 [url] |
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Low Representation of Women Engineers in Top Management in India
Geetima Das Krishna The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM) International Conference on Future of Women'18 'A Prospect for Greater Vision' Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 6-7 February 2018 |
Policy Briefs
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Global Headwinds Affecting India
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna and Sakshi Bhardwaj Centre for Policy Research, 23 March 2016 [url] |
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Banking Sector Reforms in India
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna and Sakshi Bhardwaj Centre for Policy Research, 22 February 2016 [url] |
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Channeling household savings to productive uses through the capital markets
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna and Sakshi Bhardwaj Centre for Policy Research, 28 December 2015 [url] |
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IFC – Is It A Good Framework for Monetary Policy of India?
Dr Rajiv Kumar, Geetima Das Krishna and Sakshi Bhardwaj Centre for Policy Research, 16 November 2015 [url] |
Newspaper Publications
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As 2019 LS poll approaches, job creation takes centre stage
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, December 24, 2017 [url] |
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Moody's may have improved, but oil can spoil the party
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, November 26, 2017 [url] |
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Hurt by demonetisation, MFIs just starting to recover
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, September 27, 2017 [url] |
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3% fiscal deficit no holy grail, raise capex to mitigate pain
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, August 31, 2017 [url] |
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Farm distress: After loan waivers, what next?
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, August 2, 2017 [url] |
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Drop in remittances to have economic, social implications
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, April 18, 2017 [url] |
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Poll results will have no major impact on reforms agenda
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, March 23, 2017 [url] |
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External factors limits possibility of rate cut by RBI
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, February 24, 2017 [url] |
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Fight black money with strategy, not muddled improvisation
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 27th December, 2016 [url] |
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Sustain demonetisation positives with structural reforms
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 27th November, 2016 [url] |
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Indian economy: present imperfect, future cautious
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 19th September, 2016 [url] |
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After GST-enabling bill, it's over to states now
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 15th August, 2016 [url] |
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After 25 years of liberalisation, need for 'Reforms 2.0'
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 16th July 2016 [url] |
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Don't push for stronger rupee, it will hurt overall growth
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald, 8th February 2016 [url] |
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Impact of China Slowdown on India
Geetima Das Krishna esocialsciences.org/ CPR Delhi, February 2016 [url] |
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Pay panel doles out mixed bag
Geetima Das Krishna Deccan Herald as Sunday Spotlight, 29th November 2015; CPR Report Cited by RBI in the Report "State Finances : A Study of Budgets of 2017-18 and 2018-19" [url] |
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India needs to gear up to tackle TPP
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna Engineering Export Promotion Council of India- Monthly Magazine, December 15 [url] |
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Investment cycle: Signs of an upturn
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in August 2015 [url] |
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Fastest Growing Economy Or Just Recovering
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in June 2015 [url] |
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Look beyond inflation-targeting
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in December 2014 [url] |
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Indian economy: preparing for a delayed take-off
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Dsa Krishna Mint in November 2014 [url] |
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Remittances: India’s Agenda at the G 20 Summit
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in November 2014 [url] |
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Budget 2014: The fiscal mess and the way forward
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna Mint in July 2014 [url] |
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Dealing with the fiscal mess
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in July 2014 [url] |
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Restarting the growth cycle
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in July 2014 [url] |
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Why India needs a weaker rupee
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Financial Express in June 2014 [url] |
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India has administered the wrong medicine to cure its CAD problem
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna The Economic Times in April 2014 and in East Asia Forum in May 2014 [url] |
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Can inflation targeting drag India out of slow-flation
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna Business Standard in March, 2014 [url] |
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Fiscal deficit numbers are unconvincing
Dr Rajiv Kumar and Geetima Das Krishna Business Line in February 2014 [url] |
