Faculty

Areas of Interest and Research

Public Finance for Development with special focus on Health and Education, Fiscal Federalism, Public Financial Management, Macroeconomics, Public Policy, Fiscal Policy

Teaching Courses and New Courses Developed

• State of Indian Economy & Business
• Teaching Experience: Taught a range of subjects including Econometrics, International Economics, Mathematical Methods in Economics, Managerial Economics, Statistics, Introductory Research Methods, Research Methods in Business Economics, Macroeconomics and Software for Data Extraction and Analysis using R

Academic Positions and Assignments

• Research Fellow at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
• Assistant Professor at Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce, University of Delhi

Recognitions and Awards

• Qualified UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) and JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) for the position of Assistant Professor in the subject of Economics (December 2020).

Research Funding and Consulting

• Consulting assignment undertaken at NIPFP on a project funded by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, India in 2024-2025
• Consulting assignment undertaken at NIPFP on a project funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2023-2024

Research Papers

• Mita Choudhury, Nitya Chutani (2026). “Challenges to Achieving Universal Health Coverage through Public Financial Management Reforms: Examining the Reform of Single Nodal Agency in India.” Communicated to a journal.
• Mita Choudhury, Nitya Chutani (2025). “Public Financial Management Reforms in India: Understanding State-level Experiences from the Implementation of Single Nodal Agency Reform in National Health Mission.” National Institute of Public Finance and Policy Working Paper No. 438 Url: click here
• Ushveen Kaur, Nitya Chutani, Pragun Handa (2023). “E-Learning for Undergraduate Students amid the Pandemic – Teachers’ Perspective.” Journal of Engineering Education Transformations, Volume 37, No. 2, October 2023, ISSN 2349-2473, eISSN 2394-1707. Indexed in Scopus.
• Simmar Preet, Nitya Chutani, Raghav Rungta, Shweta Kansal, Harsimar Kaur, & Vandana Kalra (2022). “Reflections on the Perceptions and Experience of International Students in the University of Delhi, India – A Primary Data-Based Analysis.” Journal of Business Thought, pp. 25–39, September 2022. Indexed in ABDC Journal Quality List. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18311/jbt/2022/30195

Research In Progress

• Nitya Chutani (2026). “Does More Central Spending Mean Less State Effort? Health Financing and Fiscal Federalism in India.” Working Paper.
• Nitya Chutani (2026). “Does More Central Spending Mean Less State Effort? Education Financing and Fiscal Federalism in India.” Working Paper.
• Nitya Chutani (2026). “Implications of Scaling Up Central Financial Support to States for Health: Understanding State-level Responses of Odisha, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.” Working Paper.
• Mita Choudhury, Nitya Chutani (2026). “Implications of Scaling Up Central Financial Support to States for Health: Understanding State-level Responses of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh.” Working Paper.
• Atul Sood, Nitya Chutani (2026). “Challenges for Social Sector Expenditures in Uttar Pradesh: Fiscal Distress, Greater Centralisation or Evolving Priorities.” Working Paper.

Books, Chapters and Technical Reports

• Nitya Chutani (2026). “Changes in Intergovernmental Fiscal Transfers and Social Sector Expenditure Priorities in the Indian Federal System.” In Rethinking Welfare in India: Expansion, Fragmentation and Change, Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
• Mita Choudhury, Rolly Kukreja, Nitya Chutani (2025). National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHM) (2024). “Assessment of the Effectiveness and Implementation of the XVth Finance Commission and PM-ABHIM Health Sector Grants.” Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India. Retrieved from Final_Report_15FC.pdf

Conference, Seminar Paper and Presentations

• “Shifting Dynamics in Indian Fiscal Federalism: Examining the Impact of Centrally Prioritised Health Spending on State’s Own Health Expenditure.” Selected as one of only 20 posters for presentation at the 19th International Conference on Public Policy and Management, organised by the Centre for Public Policy, IIM Bangalore, and the Young Scholars Initiative, South Asia Working Group, August 26–29, 2024.
• “Shifting Dynamics in Indian Fiscal Federalism: Examining the Impact of Centrally Prioritised Health Spending on State's Own Health Expenditure.” Presented at the Annual Conference on Economics and Public Policy, organised by the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, June 6–7, 2024.
• “Analysing Fiscal Space for Health in Indian Federal Framework: State-Level Stimulation and Substitution Effects.” Presented at the 5th Annual Economics Conference, organised by the Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University, January 5–6, 2024.
• “Central Bank’s Independence vis-à-vis Populist Government Stance – Empirical Evidences from India.” Co-first authored paper; awarded Best Paper among seven presenting teams and nearly 100 participants at the International D.R. Gadgil Memorial Paper Presentation – Annual Economics Research Conference, Gokhale Institute of Politics & Economics, January 17, 2019.
• “Are Fiscal Deficits Distortionary – Empirical Evidences from India.” Co-first authored paper; awarded Best Paper among nearly 60 presenting teams at the International Conference on Business & Finance, ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, January 10–12, 2019.
• “Identifying the Stigma Attached to Female Labor Force Participation – Evidences from Madhya Pradesh.” Co-authored paper; awarded First Prize at the National-level Annual Economics Summit, organised by the Economics Society, Shiv Nadar University, Greater Noida, October 5–6, 2018.

Magazine and Newspaper Articles

• “Gap between Allocations for Health and Outcomes in States,” co-authored article, The Hindu, September 5, 2024
• “A Hospital for the Patient/ Ayushman Bharat expose: How to nudge India’s public health infrastructure,” co-authored article, Indian Express, 23rd July, 2023
• “Accounting for Subsidies: Let’s Build on the Revadi Debate,” Indian Express, 8th October, 2022
• “Why or why not direct monetization of deficits should wait in India,” The Mint, 18th August, 2020
• “The Centre still has room to fight on taxation front,” The Mint, 13th August, 2020
• “India Needs an Urban Replica of MGNREGA,” The Mint, 28th July, 2020
• “Negative Interest Rate Policy – A Ray of Hope,” co-authored article, magazine of the Mumbai School of Economics and Public Policy, ‘Out of the Edgeworth Box’, 28th June, 2018

MDP Sessions, Workshops and Technical Lectures

Technical Lecture: Delivered a lecture on "Flexibility in Centrally Sponsored Schemes: Transition to Performance-Based Financing" at a forum with State Government Health officials and officials from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Professional Association and Memberships

Member, Regional Studies Association