Phani Datta is a Program Associate, Strategic Public Finance vertical at CEGIS. Prior to joining CEGIS, he was an Associate Researcher at CivicDataLab working on Green Budgeting, Child Budgeting. He has also built a specialisation in public procurement and has co-authored a Guidebook on Green Public Procurement in Assam. During his time at CivicDataLab, he was closely working with Government of Assam and worked on developing actionable recommendations and informed policies through data. His areas of interest are public finance, political economy, welfare and sustainability. He finished his MA (Economics) from O. P. Jindal Global University and B.A. (Economics, Political Science and Sociology) from Christ (Deemed to be) University. When he is not working, you will find him cooking. enjoying sports or bingeing on TV shows