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Vikram Sharma
Senior Analyst
Vikram Sharma is a Manager in MSC’s Government and Social Impact domain. He has nearly three years of experience in research analysis, project evaluation, and stakeholder engagement in the financial services sector spanning across rural and inclusive banking to digital financial solutions.
Posts by Vikram Sharma
SSN MFS report (Phase I): Assessment of Social Safety Net disbursements, Bangladesh
The Aspire to Innovate (a2i) program in Bangladesh has been working with various government ministries and departments to digitize payments under the social security net (SSN). This report provides insights into MSC’s evaluation of the pilot for the digitization of SSN payments.
Dec 3, 2020
Direct Benefit Transfer in Fertilizer: Fourth round of concurrent evaluation—A nationally representative study
NITI Aayog engaged MSC in a nationally representative study on DBT in fertilizer. This report provides details of the on-the-ground realities of DBT-F implementation and makes actionable recommendations to improve the DBT-F system further.
Oct 22, 2019
Anurodh Giri, Ritesh Rautela, Saborni Poddar, Karthick Morchan, Vikram Sharma, Mitul Thapliyal and Puneet Khanduja
Oct 22, 2019
Anurodh Giri, Ritesh Rautela, Saborni Poddar, Karthick Morchan, Vikram Sharma, Mitul Thapliyal and Puneet Khanduja
Experimenting with cash transfers in food subsidies – Lessons from the pilot in Nagri
This case study discusses a unique experiment of distributing food subsidy in the Nagri block of Ranchi district. The document discusses the learnings and insights from the pilot that governments can use to inform future experimentation in food subsidy delivery.
Oct 22, 2019
Anurodh Giri, Ritesh Rautela, Vikram Sharma, Sneha Sampath and Mitul Thapliyal
DBT in Fertilizer: 4th Round of Concurrent Evaluation – A National Study
MSC has been engaged in a nationally representative study on DBT in fertilizer in India, based on a request from NITI Aayog. It identified issues and challenges around the implementation of DBT at the national level.
Mar 15, 2019
Anurodh Giri, Mitul Thapliyal, Ritesh Rautela and Vikram Sharma
Understanding Gender Dynamics in Agent Banking
The first part of this blog series highlights key findings aimed at understanding the differences in customer experience at an agent outlet based on customer gender.
Apr 1, 2016