Global Cooperation and G20 (PDF)

Saon Ray is an economist specializing in industry and international trade issues, and her research is at the intersection of trade and climate change. Her areas of interest include global value chains, technological upgrading of Indian industries, free trade agreements and trade creation effects, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, efficiency and productivity of firms, financial inclusion, and energy and climate change-related issues. She is a Visiting Professor at ICRIER. She has held positions at the TERI School of Advanced Studies, Research and Information Systems for Developing Countries (RIS), and the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG). Her Ph.D. in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University examined the role of intellectual property rights in transferring technology to developing countries. Her book Global Value Chains and the Missing Links: Cases from Indian Industry was published by Routledge and an edited volume Low Carbon Pathways to Growth in India was published by Springer in 2018.



Samridhi Jain is a Consultant at PwC India. She is currently working with Central Bank of Srilanka in developing EPF Policy and improving their systems. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Ambedkar University Delhi and a Postgraduate Degree in Economics from the University of Mumbai. Her research interests lie in understanding the state's role in governing different policies at the state and central level and in the development of implementation plans. During her stint in ICRIER, her research work was focused on international finance, DRR and international relations etc.




Vasundhara Thakur is a doctoral candidate at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and Bielefeld University. Prior to this, she worked as a Research Associate at the Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER). Her work spans the areas of international trade, investment, and finance. She holds a Master's and