Public Engagement

Podcast: Making Sense of Macroeconomics

A podcast series breaking down big macroeconomic ideas into clear, thoughtful conversations, co-hosted with MA Economics students Chavi Mehta and Wajeeha Hamdani. YouTube.

In the media

Srinivas Raghavendra (Jun 2026). India's Economic Problems aren't About Currency or Gold: It's About AI. The India Forum.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Jun 2026). To stem rupee's slide, India should first fix its fragile domestic economy. Scroll.in.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Jun 2025). India’s export-led growth model. Frontline.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Apr 2025). Explained: How US bond market fury stopped Trump’s trade war. Scroll.in.
Srinivas Raghavendra, Dasgupta, Z. (Apr 2024). On the fall in household savings. The Hindu.
Srinivas Raghavendra, Dasgupta, Z. (May 2024). Rising debt strains household savings. The Hindu.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Apr 2021). Investing in the care economy. The Hindu Business Line.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Nov 2019). Saving the economy from development. The Wire.
Srinivas Raghavendra, Duvvury, N. (Aug 2017). Dismissing Domestic Violence as a ‘Private Matter’ Ignores Adverse Impact to the Economy. The Wire.in.
Srinivas Raghavendra (May 2013). Economists and Austerity Errors. Irish Times.
Srinivas Raghavendra (May 2019). Has economics lost its ability to relate to the real world?. RTÉ Brainstorm.
Srinivas Raghavendra (May 2013). Economists and austerity errors. The Irish Times.
Srinivas Raghavendra (May 2013). The tyranny of the credit rating agencies. LookLeft.

Tamil Writings

Srinivas Raghavendra (Apr 2025). டிரம்ப்பின் வர்த்தகப் போரும் பத்திரச் சந்தையின் சீற்றமும் (Trump's trade war). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Mar 2025). எப்படி இருக்கிறது நிதிநிலை அறிக்கை? (Analysing Tamil Nadu's state budget 2024-25). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Mar 2025). தொடரும் ஆணாதிக்கச் சிந்தனையும் தீவிரமடையும் பாலியல் குற்றங்களும் (Continuing patriarchal thinking will only intensifying sexual crimes). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Dec 2024). ஏற்றம் கண்டதா இந்தியப் பொருளாதாரம்? (Indian economic growth). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Oct 2024). வளர்ச்சி ஏற்றத்தாழ்வுகள் பற்றிய புரிதல் (Understanding the fundamentals of economic growth: this year's Nobel Prize in Economics). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Dec 2023). 2023 கற்றதும் பெற்றதும் | இந்தியப் பொருளாதாரம்: வாய்ப்புகளும் சவால்களும் (Indian Economy: Opportunities and Challenges). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Oct 2023). நோபல் 2023 - பொருளாதாரம் | கருத்தடை மாத்திரையின் அமைதிப் புரட்சிக்கு அங்கீகாரம் (Nobel 2023 - Economics | Recognition of the Silent Revolution of the Contraceptive Pill). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Oct 2023). எப்படி இருக்கிறது இந்தியப் பணியாளர்களின் நிலை? (What is the status of employment in the Indian economy?). The Hindu Tamil.
Srinivas Raghavendra (Sep 2023). உரிமைத்தொகைத் திட்டமும் பெண்களுக்கு அதிகாரமளித்தலும் (Cash transfer for housewives and their empowerment). The Hindu Tamil.

Public Talks

DevMac (Development Macroeconomics) Pedagogy Summer School — Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker. Azim Premji University, Bangalore (Jul 2026).
DevMac (Development Macroeconomics) Pedagogy Summer School — Member of the Organizing Committee and Speaker. Azim Premji University, Bangalore (Jul 2025).
Growth, Distribution, and Social Reproduction: The case of Indian Economy. Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai (May 2025).
Thinking about self and talking about the economy: The challenges and Joys of teaching Macroeconomics. Azim Premji University, Bangalore (Feb 2025).
Economic growth and Social reproduction. Centenary Lecture, Loyola College, Chennai (Jan 2025).
Fallacy of Composition: A fundamental challenge in understanding Macroeconomcis. Kendriya Vidylaya, Mysore (Nov 2024).
Inclusive growth and unequal development. Mysore Open Forum, Mysore (Mar 2024).