Vasundhara Rastogi

• Provide in-depth analysis and research on current and emerging policy issues
• Identify legislative and regulatory trends to create an advance business case, working alongside Risk, Regulatory, and Business teams
• Formulate Deloitte India Public Policy Strategy, conceptualizing future work and establish maturity paths to track public policy development and growth
• Prepare research reports, white papers, articles on key policy issues
• Engage and collaborate with both internal and external stakeholders including govt ministries, think tanks, industry bodies and regulators; provide policy inputs in focus areas (trade, energy, sustainability, G20)

Key projects: Research support to G20/Business20 (ESG and Trade); Conducted a Study on the 'Impact of Global Recession on India's Trade' commissioned by a government think tank, developing comprehensive macro-economic model for demand growth forecasting; Assessed EU and India trade and investment policies, providing formal recommendations on EU-India Free Trade Agreements to government clients; Initiated and led Public Policy internship program; Authored newspapers articles (The Hindu's Businessline; and The Indian Express)

• Resource person to India's G20 Sous Sherpa, and other government officials at the G20 Secretariat and the Multilateral Economic Relations (MER) division of the MEA
• Researched and developed policy issue briefs, position papers, concept notes in different policy areas - trade, energy transitions, among others
• Helped draft G20, BRICS, IBSA leaders' statements and other negotiation documents
• Liaison between MEA and key stakeholders - international organizations, regulators, think tanks, to organize high-level multilateral meetings
• Represented MEA at high-level government/multilateral meetings and negotiations

Key projects: India's G20 Presidency, India-Brazil- South Africa (IBSA) Presidency of India, Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) Presidency of India, Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD).

• Researched and analyzed economic and market trends, industry outlook, tax regulations for businesses and foreign investors looking to establish in India, China and ASEAN
• Managed production and editing for company's editorial websites, offline publications, reports, and newsletters, magazines and guides
• Lead ASEAN and India publication

Key projects: Analysis of ASEAN's FTAs, GST in India, Industry outlook in India and ASEAN, Opportunities in Manufacturing sectors in ASEAN, among others.

• Supported in business research studies, and acted as liaison between business and technology teams to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate product requirements
• Worked closely with product manager, software architects, development teams to meet requirements set by clients, and to produce quality software

Key projects: Study on Effectiveness of 'Horlicks Didi' initiative in Uttar Pradesh.