

Ideas shape the course of history.
— John Maynard Keynes
ERCA is spearheaded by Dr. Debesh Roy.
Dr. Debesh Roy is Chairman, Institute for Pioneering Insightful Research & Edutech Pvt. Ltd. (InsPIRE). He holds a PhD in Economics, and has 34 years of experience in policy research, development banking and consultancy. He has held a senior position at the National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD), where he worked for 32 years in various capacities, and gained expertise in the areas of research in agricultural economics and the rural economy; rural infrastructure financing; microfinance and livelihoods; financial inclusion; institutional development of rural financial institutions; and rural credit planning.
Dr. Roy is the author of a book “Dynamics of Bank Deposits: The Developing States of India” (Social Science Press, New Delhi, 2003/Berghan Books, Oxford & New York), research papers, book chapters, newspaper articles, and policy briefs in the areas of agricultural economics, climate change & agriculture, banking, microfinance, financial inclusion, poverty and human development, and macroeconomic policies.
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About ERCA
BRIEF OVERVIEW
- ECONOMIC POLICY RESEARCH
- Global and Domestic Macroeconomic issues and concerns
- Roadmap
- CONSULTANCY AND ADVISORY SERVICES
- Economic Policy
- Livelihood
- Climate Change
- Renewable Energy
- PUBLICATIONS
- Books
- Economic Research Reports
- Policy Papers
- Policy Briefs
- ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATIONS
- Government Ministries
- Financial Institutions
- Research Institutions
Economic Policy Research
- Policy Research and Analysis
- Global and Indian macroeconomic policy issues, concerns and roadmap
- Monetary and fiscal policies
- Financial sector reforms
- Agricultural development
- Industrial sector reforms
- International trade
- FDI policies
- Growth and Structural Transformation
- Agricultural and rural economy
- MSMEs
- Banks and financial institutions
- Economics of Climate Change
- Climate change and agriculture
- Climate change policy and law
Consultancy and Advisory Services on Economic Policy
- Economic feasibility studies and potential surveys
- Agriculture (agri-business, agri-value chains, agri-infrastructure, agri-exports, etc.)
- Food security
- Financial inclusion
- Livelihoods
- Women empowerment
- Climate change adaptation and mitigation in the agriculture sector
- MSMEs
- Detailed project formulation
- Agriculture and allied sector
- Livelihoods
- MSME
- Financial sectors
- Sectoral studies and Perspective plans
- Agriculture & allied (agri-business, agri-exports, agri-value-chains, agri-infrastructure, horticulture, dairy, etc.)
- MSME
- Corporate and financial sectors
- Public policy advisory services
- Agri-business
- MSME
- Corporate and financial sectors
- Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) and Corporate Social Responsibility
- Sustainability Reporting services for corporates and financial institutions
Publications
- Research Reports
- Policy Papers
- Policy Briefs
- Books
Partnerships
- Government departments
- Regulatory institutions
- Banks and financial institutions
- Development organizations
- Research institutions
- Universities
- Industry associations
- Consultancies
- Think tanks
- Corporate entities