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Praveen Menon has worked with Office of Advisor (Shweta Shalini) to Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Shri Devendra Fadnavis Ji) in 2018-19. He is also a published columnist in several publications/portals like Entrepreneur & People Matters. Praveen Unnikrishnan Menon left his Corporate Job in Finance and joined the team of Advisor to Chief Minister. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections and Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections, he led Prachar Prasiddhi Team and EC approval team on behalf of BJP Maharashtra. In mid-2023, Praveen Menon resumed his role at State Headquarters of BJP Maharashtra in a Research role. Since 2020, he has also been occasionally contributing to Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).

Praveen Menon has worked with Office of Advisor (Shweta Shalini) to Chief Minister of Maharashtra (Shri Devendra Fadnavis Ji) in 2018-19. He is also a published columnist in several publications/portals like Entrepreneur & People Matters.

Praveen Unnikrishnan Menon left his Corporate Job in Finance and joined the team of Advisor to Chief Minister. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections and Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections, he led Prachar Prasiddhi Team and EC approval team on behalf of BJP Maharashtra.

In mid-2023, Praveen Menon resumed his role at State Headquarters of BJP Maharashtra in a Research role. Since 2020, he has also been occasionally contributing to Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF).

Contributions 
The Indian Inclusion in JP Morgan GBI EM index
October 04, 2023 Praveen Menon
On September 2023, JP Morgan announced that it will include Indian government bonds to it’s emerging markets bond index. India will be included in the GBI-EM global diversified index starting June 28, 2024. Currently, 23 Indian government bonds wit...

Tags: Economic Studies, Article, Indian Economy, Bond market, JP Morgan, Government securities, GBIndex, Government Bonds
The Expected Emergence of High GDP Growth Era
September 18, 2023 Praveen Menon
Last month, a leading multinational German investment bank published a report on fiscal health of key 17 States in India.[1] The report was based on four key fiscal parameters i....

Tags: Economic Studies, Article, economy, Indian Economy, GDP, Budget, Fiscal policy, RB
The Elusive Golden Mean in PSB Privatization Goal
January 13, 2023 Praveen Menon
US President Harry Truman entangled in an array of economic views had famously asked for a “one-armed economist”.[1] A team of economists pronouncing “On the one hand, ...

Tags: Economic Studies, Commentary, Economics, Indian Economy, Reserve Bank of India, Banking sector, Public Sector Banks, Nationalisation
Strengthening India through Women-centric Policy Interventions
April 23, 2021 Praveen Menon
One day, Sage Durvasa offered Indra a garland of flowers. Indra annoyed by the bees surrounding the garland threw it to the floor which enraged Goddess Lakshmi. The Goddess of wealth upset with Indra left the Devaloka and the gods started losing powe...

Tags: Economic Studies, Article, Economic Growth, Atharvaveda, capex stimulus, female labour force, gender diversity, Lakshmi, women in private sector
SEBI’s Prudence & Finance Ministry’s Concerns on AT-1 bonds
April 01, 2021 Praveen Menon
Back in March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India proposed an SBI-led restructuring package for the struggling Yes Bank by exercising a clause in a manner no one expected.1 The proposed restructuring entailed writing down of over Rs.8400 crore...

Tags: Economic Studies, Article, RBI, AT-1 Bonds, Finance Ministry Mutual Funds, NAV, SEBI
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Book Published / Book Reviews 
A Promised Land by Barack Obama, Crown, New York, 2020 pp.902, Ebook ISBN 9781524763183
November 25, 2020 Praveen Menon
The advantage with presidential memoirs of articulate politicians like Barack Obama is that apart from profound thoughts, travails, dilemmas and policy decisions a US President makes, they bring into life with vivid description the humane sentiments ...

Tags: Book Reviews
VIF Briefs 
Rise and Fall of London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR)- A Transition in Global Financial System
November 09, 2023 Praveen Menon
Man’s fascination for numbers is as old as mankind itself. When the earliest humans settled together as tribal societies, a man with a sense for numeric alone could successfully calculate strength of rival tribes. The relative numbers in battlefiel...

Tags: Economic Studies, International finance, Regulatory management of trade, Bank interest Reference rates, LIBOR finance, RBI regulations, LIBOR, Global Financial System
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