Swapna Nair

Swapna Nair

Position: Research Fellow (International Trade and Disruptive Technology)
Categories: Fellows

Swapna Nair is an economist with extensive experience in public policy, international trade, restructuring of conflict economies, macroeconomic impact assessment across sectors and the impact of disruptive technologies on international trade and domestic policy. She has been an in-house economist/external consultant with international organisations such as the United Nations, World Bank and Asian Development Bank; policy institutes like ICRIER, New Delhi, Overseas Development Institute (ODI-London); national governments and corporate houses. Swapna has lived and worked on projects across Europe, MENA, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Iraq, India, the UK and North America. She has also taught Economics at St Stephens, Delhi University, Middlesex University, Dubai and Amity University, Dubai. She holds an MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an MA in Economics from the University of Hyderabad, India.