Dr. Shashank Ojha has over 35 years of experience in digital development policies, reforms, and national strategies. His areas of expertise include project finance, digital development policy & reforms, and national/sub-national level digital transformation strategies. Before joining ICRIER, Dr. Ojha led the World Bank’s Digital Development team in India and supported over 60+ World Bank-funded digitalization projects in India, South Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. He holds a Ph.D. in Business Administration from the School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, and is a Chartered Accountant from ICAI, India. He has also worked as a Senior Management Consultant with Ernst & Young and as General Manager – Finance with National Panasonic / Matsushita Group, Japan.