Focus Areas
Where our research concentrates.
Six areas where Policy Monks builds sustained research depth.
01
Global Governance and International Cooperation
How international institutions, treaties and cross-border coordination shape — and are shaped by — national policy choices, with a particular interest in where India's positions intersect with global governance debates.
02
Platform Economy and Digital Ecosystems
The regulation of gig and platform work, aggregator obligations, and the welfare architecture being built around India's fastest-growing employment category.
03
ICTs for Sustainable Development
Digital public infrastructure, rural connectivity and how technology investment translates — or doesn't — into development outcomes against India's SDG commitments.
04
Financial Technology and Digital Financial Inclusion
Digital payments, lending regulation and the ongoing work of turning UPI-scale infrastructure into genuine inclusion for underserved and thin-file borrowers.
05
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
India's AI governance architecture, from early principles to binding rule, and the largely unresolved question of what AI adoption means for jobs.
06
Cross-Sector Policy and Regulatory Advisory
Advisory and research work that cuts across sectors — engagements where the client, the industry, or the policy question itself does not sit neatly within a single focus area, drawing on the same rigour we bring to our five sector-specific areas.