Research Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

BHARGAVI ZAVERI-SHAH
India

Education
B.L.S, L.L.B (Government Law College, Mumbai)
Solicitor, Bombay Incorporated Law Society


Awards/Scholarships
NUS Research Scholarship (2021-Present)
Securities and Exchange Board of India Development Research Grant (2020)
NSE-NYU Stern Initiative Research Grant (2019)


Thesis Title
The Legitimation Strategies of the Reserve Bank of India


Supervisor(s)
Professor Damian Chalmers


Research Interest
Financial Regulation
Bankruptcy Law
Regulatory Governance
Political Economy


Representative Publications
Debt default, recovery and resolution in a pandemic: what to expect in the new normal, Insolvency and Bankruptcy regime in India: A Narrative, October 2020.
An Empirical Analysis of the Early Days of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, 30 National Law School of India Review, 2018 (co-authored).
Regulatory responsiveness in India: A normative and empirical framework for assessment, William & Mary Policy Review, Volume 9(2), 2018 (co-authored).
Notes from the field: How India’s corporate law firms are influencing her legal, policy and regulatory frameworks, published as a book chapter in The Indian Legal Profession in the Age of Globalization, Cambridge University Press (May 2017).


Work Experience
Research Lead, xKDR Forum, Mumbai (2020-2021)
Senior Researcher, Finance Research Group, Mumbai (2016-2020)
Researcher, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (2014-2016)
Research Fellow, Program on the Legal Profession, Harvard Law School (2013-14)
Associate, Wadia Ghandy & Company, Mumbai (2008-2012)


Email
e0838453@u.nus.edu