About me

Ishita is a policy consultant, a Gender Rights Advocate, and a published writer with a keen interest in Economics and Literature. She has been awarded with the title of the Business Mint 30 under 30 Emerging Industry Expert as a Gender Rights Advocate and Public Policy Consultant. She runs a weekly newsletter and blog called, The Wannabe Economist." The newsletter and blog focuses on all things policy, politics, economics, gender, and academia. Her aim is to simplify and decode complex academic jargons and issues. She has represented India as a young speaker at the South Asian Youth Summit organised by Youth Advocacy Nepal and ActionAid Nepal and is also a NSDC certified community service facilitator. With a wish to be the change that she wants to see in the world, Ishita loves working in the field of policymaking. In her free time, you can find her in a cafe or in a park reading a book or a notebook in her hand, happily writing all her worries away. :)