Renuka Sane
Associate Professor
- Email renuka.sane@nipfp.org.in renuka@saner.org.in
- Phone 26569303 Ext - 115
Renuka Sane is an Associate Professor at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP). Her research interests are in household finance, especially on household choice in financial instruments such as credit, pensions, insurance and equity markets, as well as consumer protection in finance. She is also interested in research and policy on the criminal justice system in India.
Research areas
Household Finance, Pensions, Consumer Protection in Finance
Current research
Household Finance, Pensions, Consumer Protection in Finance
Recent publications
- (2019), "Biodiversity Finance: Identification and Analysis of key Building Blocks of a Biodiversity Finance Plan in India", Supported by: The Biodiversity Finance Initiative - (BIOFIN) India.
- (2019), "Chennai 2015: A novel approach to measuring the impact of a natural disaster", NIPFP Working Paper No. 285
- (2018), "Estimates of air pollution in Delhi from the burning of firecrackers during the festival of Diwali", NIPFP Working Paper No. 223
- (2017), "The Effect of Age-Specific Sex Ratios on Crime: Instrumental Variable Estimates from India", NIPFP Working paper No. 214
- (2017), "Regulating consumer finance: Do disclosures matter? The case of life insurance", NIPFP Working Paper No. 212
Membership in committees and commissions
Pension Advisory Committee of the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA).
Professional activities
She was a peer reviewer for the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) on consumer protection. She was also on the research team for the Bankruptcy Legislative Reforms Committee (BLRC) on the insolvency of individuals (2015) and the research team for the DEA Committee on Mis-selling (2015). She is also a member of the Pension Advisory Committee of the Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA).
She has a PhD in Economics from the University of New South Wales and holds an M.A. in Economics from Mumbai University.