Arshi Aadil

Arshi Aadil is a Senior Manager in the Government Advisory capability and leads social protection work at MSC (MicroSave Consulting). She brings 11 years of experience in social protection. She advises governments, multilateral organizations, donors, financial institutions, and development partners on the design and delivery of inclusive social protection, government-to-person (G2P) payments, and digital public systems. She has worked at the local, state, national, and international levels on some of the largest social protection and G2P programs in Asia and Africa. Her experience covers India, the US, Kenya, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Uganda. Her work seeks to make social protection systems more inclusive, resilient, and responsive, particularly for women and vulnerable populations.

Her areas of expertise cover social assistance, G2P payments, inclusive and responsible finance, digital public infrastructure, digital identity, financial inclusion, consumer protection, gender, and digital governance. She combines policy advisory, field research, behavioral insights, and human-centered design to translate beneficiary experiences into policy and program reforms. Arshi has also contributed to research and thought leadership on user-centric social protection, G2P systems, digital identity, and responsible finance. She holds a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School in the US. She also holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal, India. She is fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu.