Athreya Mukunthan was a LAMP Fellow 2016-17 and is currently the Head of Research at the office of Lok Sabha MP, R.K.Jena. An economist by training he co-authored the “Public Affairs Index – Governance in the states of India” (2016) while at the Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore. He has also worked on few short term projects with the Confederation of Indian Industry (South) and Tamil Nadu Planning Commission and is a vivid blogger (https://ecoreya.wordpress.com/). His other interests include cricket, yoga, music and Indian philosophy.