Apoorva Javadekar is an Assistant Professor of Finance at Indian School of Business. He received his Ph.D. from Boston University in 2016. He was a Research Director at Centre for Advanced Financial Research and Learning (CAFRAL), a research outfit fully funded by RBI, from July 2016 till January 2019. His policy research is published in RBI Mint Street Memo. He has presented to the Monetary Policy Committee multiple times. His academic research areas include mutual funds, asset pricing, international economics and banking. He also actively writes newspaper Op-eds for Mint, Financial Express and Economic Times.