I am a PhD candidate in political science at the University of California, Riverside, specializing in geoeconomics, international investment, and financial regulatory policy. My research examines how geoeconomic competition between great powers restructures the investment decisions of multinational firms and the regulatory structures of states caught in between.
My dissertation introduces the concept of geoeconomic risk (GER) and draws on quantitative causal inference, text-as-data methods, and qualitative process tracing to demonstrate that this risk produces responses from states and multinational firms that are distinct from those predicted by existing measures of political and economic risk. My broader research agenda examines the political economy of trade, development, and aid under great power competition.
Before entering academia, I spent over five years in financial markets and regulatory policy — designing risk management systems at the Bombay Stock Exchange, expanding trade volumes at MCX-SX, and shaping regulatory frameworks for equities, bonds, and private equity at India’s Ministry of Finance. These experiences ground my research in the institutional realities of financial markets and inform my understanding of how states and firms navigate geoeconomic pressure in practice.
During the 2025–26 academic year, I served on the organizing committee of the Graduate Students in International Political Economy (GSIPE) Workshop, an interdisciplinary, peer-run international forum connecting IPE scholars across political science and economics.
