• Informality
• Macroeconomic dynamics
• Structural transformation
• Public debt
• Growth and development

Nandu S Nair completed his doctoral degree in economics under the Tuscany Universities PhD programme at the Universities of Florence, Pisa, and Siena. His research focuses on public debt, dual economies, informality, and structural transformation, with a broader interest in development macroeconomics and political economy. He holds a master’s degree in economics from the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning (CESP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and has previously worked as an Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.

Nandu has research experience with institutions such as NITI Aayog (Government of India), the Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), the Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation, and the Centre for Development Studies. His recent work on state finances has been published in Economic and Political Weekly. He is the co-founder of Economiga, a public-facing economics collective, and currently serves as Coordinator of the Inequality Working Group at the Young Scholars Initiative (YSI-INET). 

Nandu plays eastern and western percussion instruments and enjoys playing cricket and football.