Theerdha is a Program Associate in the Public Finance team. She is based in Chennai and is engaged in revenue augmentation for the Government of Tamil Nadu. Prior to CEGIS, she worked as a Young professional at the Andhra Pradesh Centre for Financial Systems and Services under the Finance Department of GoAP, where she primarily worked on expenditure analysis, scheme rationalisation and beneficiary optimization of welfare schemes. She completed her Masters in Economics from Azim Premji University, Bangalore and graduated in Economics from ST. Xavier’s College, Mumbai.