Arun
Sudarsan

Public Policy Manager · TQH Consulting & YLAC

Arun Sudarsan
New Delhi, India
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Work Experience

2024

Present
The Quantum Hub · New Delhi

Leading projects across gender equality, disability rights, climate action, and digital public infrastructure.

2020

2023
CivicDataLab · Remote

Led cross-functional teams of engineers, designers, and researchers to scale India's largest public finance data platform, Open Budgets India.

2018

2019
NITI Aayog · New Delhi

Core launch team member for the Government of India's flagship Aspirational Districts Programme, reporting to the CEO, NITI Aayog. Served as Communications Lead for the MOVE Summit 2018.

2014

2015
IIT Madras · Chennai

Research on gender and caste in access to credit for small businesses in India. Conducted literature review and econometric analysis.

Research Econometrics
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Education

Master of Social Science in Economics (Research)
2015 – 2018 · Singapore
National University Research Fellowship — full tuition waiver and monthly stipend. Graduate Teaching Award, 2017.
Integrated Master of Arts in Economics
2009 – 2014 · Chennai, India
Graduated 3rd in Economics. MA Fellowship 2013–14. Minor in Operations Research.
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Writing

Peer Reviewed
Institutionalist versus distortionist views of labor market reforms: An investigation into the post-liberalized manufacturing sector in India
Bhandari & Sudarsan · Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 2016
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