BIDISHA DAS

Strategic advisor and operations leader, Stanford-trained, 15 years at the IMF and World Bank — with a career built on making institutions move and making leaders credible in high-stakes rooms. I draft the speech, build the deck, run the coordination process, and hold the deadline when everything else is under pressure, grounded in rigorous data and analytical skills that make every output defensible. Early experience in consulting including advising regulators, arguing before enforcement authorities, and representing the Government of India in international trade negotiations — before bringing it to the center of senior multilateral decision-making. I work across disciplines, cultures, and organizations without losing the thread, and I do my best work when the complexity is highest, and the timeline is not negotiable.

• Are South Asian Countries Sinking into a Debt Trap? — World Bank Data Blog, 2017
• Mobile Money Spreads to Asia — IMF Blog (Chart of the Week), 2019
• Measuring Financial Access: 10 Years of the IMF Financial Access Survey — International Monetary Fund, 2020
• Is Mobile Money Part of Money? Understanding the Trends and Measurement / Evaluating Mobile Money Access and Use with Non-Traditional Data Sources — IFC Bulletins, Chapter 59, 2023
• Nepal Financial Sector Stability Review — IMF Country Report, 2023