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Harsh Vardhan Pachisia

Former Senior Associate

Harsh was a Senior Associate and leads the data science unit at Artha Global. His research focuses on topics of urban development, data science and governance.

Prior to joining Artha, Harsh was part of the team at the IDFC Institute. He worked as an Economics Teaching Fellow at the NYU Stern School of Business. Harsh has also been a Research Assistant to several NYU professors analysing topics such as Shadow Banking around the World and Social Media Entrepreneurship.

Harsh studied Business and Political Economy with minors in Computer Science, Mathematics and Public Policy Management at the Stern School of Business, New York University. Upon graduation, he was inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), the international honorary society of collegiate schools of business.

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