Senior Consultant since February 2007 in Indian Council of Research for International Economic Relations (ICRIER), an economic policy think tank based in New Delhi that was established in 1981.
Deputy Chief (Operations) and Senior Adviser (Macroeconomics) at State Fiscal REFORM Project, USAID/India, New Delhi from November 2005 to February 2007.
Head of Research in ICICI Bank and erstwhile ICICI Ltd during May 1995 to June 2002.
Editor of International Journal of Development Banking (IJDB), Mumbai from 1997 to 2000.
Served as Deputy Economic Adviser, Ministry of Finance, Government of India during October 1990 to April 2005.
Member of Board of Directors of Tolani Shipping Company Ltd. (Corporate Office: Mumbai) during 1995-2003 and Aarvee Denims Ltd. (Corporate Office: Ahmedabad) during 1995-2000.
Member of Task Force on Data Reporting System for Financial Institutions for the Report of the Working Group on Money Supply, Reserve Bank of India, Mumbai, June 1998.
Member of Working Group on “Reforms in Deposit Insurance in India” which submitted its report to Reserve Bank of India in October 1999.
Member of the Sub-Group on Household Saving for the Tenth Five Year Plan which submitted its report in June 2001
Completed M Phil (Economic Development) in 1986 and Ph D (Economics) in 1989 from University of Glasgow, UK.
Won Indian Exim Bank International Trade Research Award (ITRA)-1993 for the Ph D thesis entitled ‘ Exchange Rate Regimes of Less Developed Countries: The Case of India’.
Dr. Mathew’s research interests include financial sector, public debt management, industry, open-economy macroeconomics and regional development.
Selected publications :
Regulation of Financial Intermediaries in Emerging Markets, (ed.) with TT Ram Mohan and Rupa Rege Nitsure, Sage India Publications, New Delhi, 2005.
Exchange Rate Policy: Impact on Exports and Balance of Payments, Deep & Deep Publications, New Delhi, January 2002
“Northern States Versus Southern States: A Comparative Analysis”, Working Paper No. 134, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICIER), New Delhi, May 2004.
“Performance of Northern States: A Comparative Analysis”, Economic and Political Weekly, 7 February 2004, Mumbai, pp. 564-579.
“Performance of Southern States: A Comparative Study”, Economic and Political Weekly, 13 September 2003, Mumbai, pp. 3915-3930.
