
Shruti Rajagopalan
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Senior Research Fellow, India Political Economy and Emergent Ventures India
Shruti Rajagopalan is a Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center and a Fellow at the Classical Liberal Institute at New York University School of Law. She leads the India political economy research program and Emergent Ventures India at Mercatus. She was an Associate Professor of Economics at Purchase College, State University of New York. She earned her Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in 2013 and is an alum of the Mercatus PhD Fellowship. Additionally, she has a BA (hons) in Economics and an LL.B. from University of Delhi and an LL.M. from the European Masters in Law and Economics Program at University of Hamburg, Ghent University, and University of Bologna.
Latest Work
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Narayani Basu on K. M. Panikkar: India’s Impossible Man
Basu and Rajagopalan discuss K.M. Panikkar, who shaped modern India's unity, foreign policy, and constitutional vision

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Yamini Aiyar Schools Us on Education Policy in India
Aiyar and Rajagopalan discuss Delhi's school reforms, the agency-accountability tradeoff, and building state capacity from the ground up

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rathin Roy on How India Slices the Fiscal Pie
Roy and Rajagopalan discuss India's fiscal federalism, unequal growth, and the politics of redistribution

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Chitrakshi Jain and Prashant Reddy T. on the Dysfunction in India's District Courts
Jain, Reddy T., and Rajagopalan discuss judicial corruption, compulsory retirement, and jury trials

- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why India Must Cut Its Auto Sector Tariffs | Hindustan Times
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
M.R. Sharan Examines Decentralization and Local Representation in India
Sharan and Rajagopalan explore the complexities of local democracy in India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rakesh Mohan Reflects on Dismantling the License Permit Raj
Mohan and Rajagopalan explore how India's control system actually worked, the miracle of 1991's comprehensive reforms, and the structural transformation still needed today

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Ramachandra Guha on the Origins of Indian Environmentalism
Guha and Rajagopalan discuss India's forgotten environmental thinkers and local solutions

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi on Revenge and Reconciliation in South Asia
Gandhi and Rajagopalan explore the complex dance of religion, politics, and reconciliation in modern India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi Reflects on India's Founding Fathers
Gandhi and Rajagopalan reflect on secularism, federalism, and economic freedom

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Narayani Basu on K. M. Panikkar: India’s Impossible Man
Basu and Rajagopalan discuss K.M. Panikkar, who shaped modern India's unity, foreign policy, and constitutional vision

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Yamini Aiyar Schools Us on Education Policy in India
Aiyar and Rajagopalan discuss Delhi's school reforms, the agency-accountability tradeoff, and building state capacity from the ground up

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rathin Roy on How India Slices the Fiscal Pie
Roy and Rajagopalan discuss India's fiscal federalism, unequal growth, and the politics of redistribution

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Chitrakshi Jain and Prashant Reddy T. on the Dysfunction in India's District Courts
Jain, Reddy T., and Rajagopalan discuss judicial corruption, compulsory retirement, and jury trials

- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why India Must Cut Its Auto Sector Tariffs | Hindustan Times
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
M.R. Sharan Examines Decentralization and Local Representation in India
Sharan and Rajagopalan explore the complexities of local democracy in India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rakesh Mohan Reflects on Dismantling the License Permit Raj
Mohan and Rajagopalan explore how India's control system actually worked, the miracle of 1991's comprehensive reforms, and the structural transformation still needed today

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Ramachandra Guha on the Origins of Indian Environmentalism
Guha and Rajagopalan discuss India's forgotten environmental thinkers and local solutions

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi on Revenge and Reconciliation in South Asia
Gandhi and Rajagopalan explore the complex dance of religion, politics, and reconciliation in modern India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi Reflects on India's Founding Fathers
Gandhi and Rajagopalan reflect on secularism, federalism, and economic freedom

- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Why Indian Firms Don’t Scale: Labor Edition
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
India's economic pivot from rules-based reform to deals-based tinkering
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
President’s Rule in India: State Emergency or Political Capture?
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Inframarginal externalities: COVID-19, vaccines, and universal mandates
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Mises's dynamics of interventionism: Lessons from Indian agriculture
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The equity-complexity tradeoff in tax policy: lessons from the Goods and Services Tax in India
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The 1991 Reforms and the Quest for Economic Freedom in India
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Inclusive Rationality: Struggle and Aspiration
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Simple rules for the developing world
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Interest groups repairing unconstitutionality: India’s Ninth Schedule
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
India's Proposed Digital Competition Framework: The License Raj by Another Name
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Pandemic Policy in Developing Countries: Recommendations for India
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Essays Essays
Padma Desai: Early critic of Indian planning
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Essays Essays
The Quest for Economic Freedom in India
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Essays Essays
Madmen, Intellectuals, and Academic Scribblers: The Economic Engine of Political Change
Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. Lopez
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Narayani Basu on K. M. Panikkar: India’s Impossible Man
Basu and Rajagopalan discuss K.M. Panikkar, who shaped modern India's unity, foreign policy, and constitutional vision

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Yamini Aiyar Schools Us on Education Policy in India
Aiyar and Rajagopalan discuss Delhi's school reforms, the agency-accountability tradeoff, and building state capacity from the ground up

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rathin Roy on How India Slices the Fiscal Pie
Roy and Rajagopalan discuss India's fiscal federalism, unequal growth, and the politics of redistribution

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Chitrakshi Jain and Prashant Reddy T. on the Dysfunction in India's District Courts
Jain, Reddy T., and Rajagopalan discuss judicial corruption, compulsory retirement, and jury trials

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
M.R. Sharan Examines Decentralization and Local Representation in India
Sharan and Rajagopalan explore the complexities of local democracy in India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rakesh Mohan Reflects on Dismantling the License Permit Raj
Mohan and Rajagopalan explore how India's control system actually worked, the miracle of 1991's comprehensive reforms, and the structural transformation still needed today

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Ramachandra Guha on the Origins of Indian Environmentalism
Guha and Rajagopalan discuss India's forgotten environmental thinkers and local solutions

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi on Revenge and Reconciliation in South Asia
Gandhi and Rajagopalan explore the complex dance of religion, politics, and reconciliation in modern India

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Rajmohan Gandhi Reflects on India's Founding Fathers
Gandhi and Rajagopalan reflect on secularism, federalism, and economic freedom

- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Ideas of India Ideas of India
Taking Stock of the Indian Economy with Prachi Mishra
Mishra and Rajagopalan discuss trade shocks, fiscal consolidation, and the future of Indian growth

- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Why India Must Cut Its Auto Sector Tariffs | Hindustan Times
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
New labour code: Old problems still persist
The streamlining of the labour codes is welcome, but regulatory costs are still too high
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The CCI’s Arbitrary Scrutiny Is Jeopardising India’s Global Tech Hub Dreams | Outlook Business
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Manmohan Singh: India's Finest Talent Scout | Get Down and Shruti (Substack)
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What I Read in 2024 | Get Down and Shruti (Substack)
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Zakir | Get Down and Shruti (Substack)
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
India’s Economic Pivot From Rules-based Reform To Deals-based Tinkering | Get Down and Shruti (Substack)
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Kamala Harris, Usha Vance, and the Twice Born Thrice Selected Indian American Elite | Get Down and Shruti
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
India's Proposed Digital Competition Framework: The License Raj by Another Name | The 1991 Project
- | India Political Economy Program India Political Economy Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary