Roopa Purushothaman is the chief economist and head of policy advocacy at the Tata Group, and the founder of Avasara Leadership Institute. She is the co-author of the book Bridgital Nation: Solving Technology’s People Problem. Also a co-author of the path-breaking 2003 Goldman Sachs report, Dreaming with BRICS: The Path to 2050, she has contributed to a number of publications on globalization and development.

Roopa is a graduate of Yale University and the London School of Economics, and has served on the Prime Minister of India’s advisory council on urban infrastructure.’