Dr Reuben Abraham is the CEO of Artha Global, a Mumbai & London-based think tank. Dr. Abraham’s expertise lies in understanding the underlying processes of economic development, with a specific focus on state and institutional capacity, the political economy of implementation, and on well-managed urbanization as a key cause/consequence of economic growth and development. He is a Senior Fellow at New York University’s Marron Institute and a member of the International Advisory Board for the New Economy of the Govt of the United Arab Emirates. He is a Senior Advisor to Swiss Re in Zurich and an Honorary Advisor to the New Zealand Asia Foundation in Wellington. In 2022, he won the “Think-Tanker of the Year” award by Prospect Magazine in recognition of his efforts to tackle the Covid crisis in India. He completed his MA, M.Phil, and Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York.