Priyadarshini D. is no longer with Carnegie India.

Priyadarshini D. was an associate fellow with Carnegie India’s Technology and Society Program.. She is interested in researching emerging issues at the intersection of law, technology, and finance. Her current research focuses on the impact and implications of introducing digital currencies, such as central bank digital currencies, specifically in the context of an emerging market like India. 

She has published on topics such as regulatory independence, banking sector reforms such as privatization and resolution frameworks for banks, regulation of cryptocurrencies, and the case for introducing central bank digital currencies in India.

Prior to Carnegie India, she was a fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). She provided research and policy inputs to committees, working groups, and studies established by the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance of the Government of India, on such contemporary matters concerning the financial sector including macroeconomic and legal implications of cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies, bond market reforms, private investment (including insurance and pension pools) in infrastructure, and policy and institutional reforms in overseas direct investment. 

In the past, she has been a partner at Wadia Ghandy & Co (South) in the private equity, joint ventures, and acquisitions space. She has closed several transactions for leading private equity funds, Indian start-ups, and companies in sectors such as education, infrastructure, pharma, and FMCG.